Ras — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ras

The Social Security Administration has registered 396 babies named Ras between 1886 and 2023, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ras currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ras performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ras shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ras in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ras 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 396 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.