girls:
20 births since 1969
#5696 (0th percentile)
boys:
204 births since 1972
#4382 (4th percentile)
overall:
224 births since 1969
#7515 (3rd percentile)
The name Ra is the #7,515 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 224 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,382 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 204 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,696 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1969.
Ra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Ra is available in 24 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ra has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.1% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1969 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (93.2% boys from 1972 to 2023).
For boys, Ra reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #888) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ra is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #888 (2.5% percentile) with 15 births per million.
For girls, Ra reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #756) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ra".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.5% confident that Ra is pronounced as rah, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh, at 19.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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