How Many People Are Named Rankin?
people named Rankin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,494,779 people in the US has this name
Based on 340 babies named Rankin in Social Security records from 1912 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rankin in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rankin alive today is about 40 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rankin first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1916, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Rankin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,228, in 1913.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,228 (1913) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,466 in the 1920s |
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