Rare — #17572 US girls' name
5 babies named Rare in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 1% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Rare was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Rare in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rare
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Rare between 2024 and 2024, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rare currently holds the #17572 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rare performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rare 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 5 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.
Rare at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rare popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
Currently ranks #17572 among girls.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 5 births in a single year.
Rare by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Rare's all-time total
Rare decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rare's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2024–2024 (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.