girls:
156 births since 1999
#5560 (3rd percentile)
boys:
47 births since 1998
#4539 (1st percentile)
overall:
203 births since 1998
#7536 (3rd percentile)
The name Rahi is the #7,536 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 203 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,560 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 156 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,539 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 47 births since 1998.
Rahi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Rahi is available in 22 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 8 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rahi has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Rahi were girls. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1998 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.2% girls from 2001 to 2023).
For girls, Rahi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #935) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Rahi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #935 (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million.
For boys, Rahi reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #910) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rahi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rahi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Rahi is pronounced as RAH-hee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-HEE, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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