Name Awesome

Rasa

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Dew

Rasa has been given to 102 babies in the U.S. since 1952. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1956, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Rasa, 2015

1 in 617,000

Rasa over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rasa over time

In 2019, Rasa went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19522019

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rasa: meaning, origin, and history

Dew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rasa means

Rasa means “dew”, associated with rasa.

Origin, language, and formation

Rasa is used in Latvian and Lithuanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 girls were recorded with the name Rasa between 1952 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1956; its best national rank was #4,102 in 1956.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Rasa between 2019 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2019; its best national rank was #13,683 in 2019.

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 Rasa?

Rasa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015
1 in 617,000
6 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only
1 in 297,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
427,624 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rasa 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 2015 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 427,624 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rasa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rasas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rasa was born before 1959 — so the typical Rasa is around 66 today.

Median birth year
1959
About 66 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
50.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
97
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1950s — 50.5% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Rasa 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
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1956 (10)
Years since peak
69
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,102
1956

Spellings of Rasa

Rasa is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 21.0% against Rasa's <0.01%.

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.

Rasa around the world

Where Rasa 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.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2014
    #5,691
    in 2014
  • Norway
    1880–1992
    #573
    in 1992
  • South Australia
    1949–1996
    #712
    in 1996

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rasa by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,102
1956
Peak year
1956
10 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
97
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,683
2019
Peak year
2019
5 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rasa

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

RaseelRashaRashiRashadRashonMasaMikasaRashiaRashanRasheaRashayTasaJasaRasheenRashaeRashiyaRashekaRasikaRashikaBlasaRashmiRashenaRashemaRashel

Sibling names for Rasa

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

Explore around Rasa

Top names of 1956, Rasa's peak yearThe 1950s in fullOther names that peaked in 1956Girls' names starting with RLithuanian Girl Names