Boys' name · since 2004
Racer
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Racer, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,231 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Racer is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 103 have been recorded since 2004.
Racer has 103 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2019.
- #17,231 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Racer ranks #17,231 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,231 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Racer's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Racer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Racer splits its recorded history at 2012: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Racer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2019
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Racer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Racer's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Racer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Racer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Racer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.