Given name & surname
Ratana
“resembling a crystal”
Ratana is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “resembling a crystal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling a crystal.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ratana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 as a first name in 2020; 145 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ratana’s family of names
Ratana has a related form in Rathana. Ratana has a related form in Ratanah. Ratana has a related form in Ratanna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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