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Girl name

Ranette

100% girls · last recorded 1982

Ranette has been given to about 104 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1960, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 95
Median age today61 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ranette per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1960 · 12
  • Born in 20250
  • All time104

How popular is Ranette?

Its best year was 1960, when 12 babies were given the name, ranking 3870th. The typical living American called Ranette is about 61 years old today.

Names that sound like Ranette

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Janette0.88
  2. Nanette0.88
  3. Danette0.88
  4. Annette0.85
  5. Lanette0.88
  6. Nannette0.86
  7. Jannette0.86
  8. Jeanette0.76

Middle names for Ranette

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ranette Marie0.87
  2. Ranette Grace0.87
  3. Ranette Jane0.87
  4. Ranette Louise0.87
  5. Ranette June0.86
  6. Ranette Claire0.86

Sibling names for Ranette

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Chrisbrother · 0.57
  2. Scottbrother · 0.55
  3. Pennysister · 0.53
  4. Jeffreybrother · 0.53
  5. Kimberlysister · 0.49
  6. Angiesister · 0.48

Where Ranette is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Ranette Nguyen0.82
    2. Ranette Moore0.82
    3. Ranette Hill0.82
    4. Ranette Hall0.82
    5. Ranette Brown0.82
    6. Ranette Young0.79

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Ranette

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.