Rauha

Girls' name

Possibly peace

Rauha has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 1919. 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 1919, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Rauha, 1919

1 in 301,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rauha: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly peace

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rauha means

Rauha may mean “peace”, associated with rauha.

Origin, language, and formation

Rauha is used in Finnish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Rauha is pronounced /ˈrɑu̯hɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 girls were recorded with the name Rauha between 1919 and 1919. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1919; its best national rank was #4,169 in 1919.

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.

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How common is Rauha?

Rauha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1919, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1919: 1 in 301,000; 7 of 2,110,182 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1919: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 208,954 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rauha 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 1919 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 208,954 children born in 1919 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rauha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rauhas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rauha was born before 1919 — so the typical Rauha is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Rauha 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 1919 (7)
Years since peak: 106; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,169; 1919

Spellings of Rauha

Rauha is not the most common spelling — Laura is, with 61.8% against Rauha's <0.01%.

Laura61.8%801,811
Paula21.7%280,856
Sasha3.0%38,492
Tasha2.7%35,528
Maura1.5%19,965
Rayna1.0%13,386
Raina0.96%12,453
Retha0.82%10,597

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.

Rauha 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: #4,169; 1919
Peak year: 1919; 7 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 1919
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rauha

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

Raunak Rauri Yuha Raunda Ruha Nouha Yuzuha Raushana Rauchelle Spruha Zuha Duha Raul Suha Nuha Raushanah

Sibling names for Rauha

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

Lovie Hortense Lue Theda Winnifred Johnie Norine Vina

For a brother

Casimir Edd Ora Mahlon Verne Haywood Buck Wilber

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