Rana is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “king.” In 2024 it was given to 13 boys in the United States.
Rana belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “king” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rana first appears in Social Security records in 1974. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5813 in 1974, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 164 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rana means “king” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rana is a boy name. In 2024, 13 babies received the name in the US.
Rana comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Rana first appears in US records in 1974. Its best-ever ranking was #5813 in 1974, and 13 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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