girls:
127 births since 1952
#5589 (2nd percentile)
boys:
321 births since 1993
#4265 (7th percentile)
overall:
448 births since 1952
#7291 (6th percentile)
The name Rai is the #7,291 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 448 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 5.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,265 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #5,589 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 127 births since 1952.
Rai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Rai is available in 31 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (25 years for boys and 18 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 Rai has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 85.4% of babies named Rai were boys. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1952 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (76.8% boys from 1993 to 2023).
For boys, Rai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #881) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #881 (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million.
For girls, Rai reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #948) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rai ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 41.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rai".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Rai is pronounced as rai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAH-ee, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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