Racine — girls' name
597 babies named Racine in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Racine was born in this single decade.
76 babies were named Racine in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Racine
The Social Security Administration has registered 597 babies named Racine between 1922 and 2005, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Racine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 76 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Racine performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Racine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Racine in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Racine 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 597 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.
Racine at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Racine popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1922
- Peak year (1985)
- 76
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
597 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 76 births in a single year.
Racine popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2005 (Racine as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Racine accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Racine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 183 births that decade — 31% of Racine's all-time total
Racine decade highlights
- Peak decade 183 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Racine's strongest decade
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Racine by state
Where Racine concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 30 | 5.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 18 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.8% |
30 of 597 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.