Rahab

#10,720 in 2025Girls' name

Narrow (not wide), through רָחָב

Rahab has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #10,720 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Rahab, 2025

1 in 368,000

Rahab over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rahab: meaning, origin, and history

Narrow (not wide), through רָחָב

Hebrew

What Rahab means

Rahab belongs to the name family reached through Rahab → רָחָב. Its meaning is “narrow (not wide)”.

Origin, language, and formation

Rahab is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Rahab comes through Hebrew רָחָב.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include רָחָב.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 42 girls were recorded with the name Rahab between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2025; its best national rank was #10,720 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,981 in 2020 to #10,720 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rahab?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,720; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rahab sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rahab. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rahabs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rahab was born before 2016 — so the typical Rahab is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 54.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 42; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 54.8% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Rahab rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +6,261; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (9)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,720; 2025

Spellings of Rahab

Rahab is not the most common spelling — Raya is, with 23.4% against Rahab's 0.12%.

Raya23.4%8,003
Rana13.3%4,553
Sahar7.2%2,453
Ranae7.1%2,439
Maha5.9%2,019
Ragan5.4%1,866
Rahma4.5%1,532
Rayah4.2%1,443

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Rahab around the world

Where Rahab ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1985–2006
#782
in 2006

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rahab by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,720
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 6,261
Best rank ever: #10,720; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 9 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 42
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Rahab

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rahwa Dahab Raheel Rahil Rahni Rahmo Rahini Rahi Rahima Rahmah Rahel Rahf Raheema Rahama Rehab Rahmya Rahniya Rahaf Raha Rahmat Rahcel Rahja Sahab Rahat

Sibling names for Rahab

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Sydnie Karleigh Alysa Adelle Keren

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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