Rai
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
- Given to boys 72.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 36 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 379since 1993
Rai over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #3,757 | 29 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #3,896 | 28 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #3,293 | 36 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
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| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
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| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
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| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
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| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #6,228 | 8 |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rai! It came in at #6,228, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #1,451 in California, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rai
- 139 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #3,757)
- 1,942 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #3,757)
- 4,283 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #3,757)
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2023 at #3,293 (36 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 47,516 boys born in 2023 were named Rai (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 40.9% of all boys named Rai (155) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2015, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31 | #5,928 (1995) | #6,671 |
| 2000s | 68 | #5,034 (2005) | #7,880 |
| 2010s | 125 | #4,624 (2016) | #6,699 |
| 2020s | 155 | #3,293 (2023) | #4,255 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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