Rakeb
Girl · RAH-keb · Amharic
Rakeb is a girls' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Rakeb come from?
Amharic: Ethiopian name
- Say it
- RAH-keb
Is Rakeb a girl's or a boy's name?
Rakeb is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rakeb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Rakeb, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Rakeb in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rakeb in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Rakeb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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