# Rania (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rania/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,135 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,135 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,123, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 124 | 1,699 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2,091 |
| 2013 | 88 | 2,149 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,981 |
| 2016 | 89 | 2,186 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,926 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,964 |
| 2019 | 96 | 2,010 |
| 2020 | 80 | 2,252 |
| 2021 | 82 | 2,263 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,549 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2,350 |
| 2024 | 98 | 2,008 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,682 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 57 | 712 |
| 2013 | 46 | 825 |
| 2014 | 52 | 750 |
| 2015 | 62 | 656 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 67 | 624 |
| 2018 | 51 | 761 |
| 2019 | 59 | 664 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 47 | 779 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,120 |
| 2023 | 43 | 832 |
| 2024 | 48 | 776 |
| 2025 | 45 | 807 |

## People named Rania

- Rania Al-Mashat, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation
- Rania Awaad, Egyptian-American Islamic scholar
- Rania Youssef, Egyptian actress
- Ruby, Egyptian singer, actress and model

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.