Boys' name · since 1981
Raza
386 babies named Raza in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,213 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,251 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 386
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raza currently ranks #6251 among boys' names in America, with 386 babies recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Raza recorded 386 times among boys since 1981, holding rank #6251 nationally today, ahead of 55% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #9,213 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,251 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 386 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raza ranks #9,213 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,251 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 386 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,213 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,251 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 386
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raza's 386 recorded births place it above 79.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raza compares
386 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Raza's all-time total is 5% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raza | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 386 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Raza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raza splits its recorded history at 2005: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Raza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (102 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Raza's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Raza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
102 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 102 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Raza's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
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, 1981–2025 (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 Raza 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.