Rai**
#7,123 most common boys' name of all time · #17,889 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1952–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#7,123
Rank overall
#17,889 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
520
Since 2016
277
Peak year
2022 #3,791
Best rank
#3,308 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 44/yr
Rai first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2024 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #3,918 |
| 2023 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #3,308 |
| 2022 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #3,791 |
| 2021 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #5,167 |
| 2020 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,751 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,620 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,786 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,408 |
| 2016 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,663 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #8,186 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,155 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,657 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #7,139 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #7,102 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #7,177 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,323 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,463 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,714 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,376 |
| 2005 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,102 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,850 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,406 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,791 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,055 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,167 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,400 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | — |