Unisex name · since 1993
Rai
379 babies named Rai in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,326 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,813 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rai currently ranks #3813 among unisex names in America, with 379 babies recorded since 1993.
Rai has 379 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3813 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #9,326 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,813 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 379 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rai ranks #9,326 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,813 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 379 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,326 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,813 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rai's 379 recorded births place it above 79.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rai compares
379 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Rai's all-time total is 3% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 379 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rai splits its recorded history at 2012: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Rai popularity over time - girls
141 total births recorded since 1952 (Rai as girls' name)
Rai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (155 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Rai's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Rai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
155 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 155 births (41% of all-time use).
Rai by state
Where Rai concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 14.0% |
53 of 379 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Rais (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Rai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1993–2025 (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 Rai 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.