Boys' name · since 1975
Raed
477 babies named Raed in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,454 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 477
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raed currently ranks #4454 among boys' names in America, with 477 babies recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Raed recorded 477 times among boys since 1975, holding rank #4454 nationally today, ahead of 68% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #8,136 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,454 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 477 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raed ranks #8,136 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,454 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 477 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,454 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 477
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raed's 477 recorded births place it above 82.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Raed compares
477 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Raed's all-time total is 29% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raed | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 477 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Raed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raed's full recorded timeline at 2003, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raed popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Raed by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (138 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Raed's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Raed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 138 births (29% of all-time use).
Raed by state
Where Raed concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 477 births nationwide.
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What to do with Raed's data
- Raed's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Raeds (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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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, 1975–2025 (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 Raed 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.