Boys' name · since 1999
Raees
Raees has 66 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,250 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,319 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raees is the #9319 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 66 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Raees recorded 66 times among boys since 1999, holding rank #9319 nationally today, ahead of 33% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #20,250 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,319 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 66 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raees ranks #20,250 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,319 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 66 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,250 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,319 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raees's 66 recorded births place it above 55.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raees compares
66 20th percentile among 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
Raees's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raees | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Raees's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raees's full recorded timeline at 2019, 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 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raees popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Raees by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Raees's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Raees births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (48% of all-time use).
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Raees 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.