Rakan
Boy · RAH-kan · Arabic
Rakan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “firm, steadfast”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,886th for boys in the US (83 babies).
What does Rakan mean?
Arabic: from the root r-k-n, linked to firmness and support
“firm, steadfast”
Rakan ibn Hithlain was a 19th-century chief of the Al-Ajman tribe of Arabia, also remembered as a poet.
- Say it
- RAH-kan
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Is Rakan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rakan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 83 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rakan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Rakan, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rakan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Rakan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Rakan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,886among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were named Rakan, making it the 1,886th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had the most boys named Rakan of any year since it first appeared, in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Rakan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rakan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #1,886 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,268 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
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