Ras

Boy · recorded 1886–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1890best year

Most popular in 1890.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

0418118861920195519892023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 58 recorded years as a table
Ras, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188645
188945
189081
189169
189249
189947
190741
190930
191026
191216
191318
191417
191514
19176
19199
192010
19219
19229
19236
19257
19268
19274
19289
19296
19317
19327
19365
19378
19385
19454
19486
19513
19533
19572
19602
19673
19763
19783
19804
19815
19824
19883
19902
19926
19933
19944
19974
19983
20003
20014
20033
20053
20073
20143
20154
20194
20213
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ras isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1886
396

Ras was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1890, at 81 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ras doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.