Race — #11080 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Race

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,399 babies named Race between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Race currently holds the #11080 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Race performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 532 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Race shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Race in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Race in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,399 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.