Ras
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 396since 1886
Ras over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ras has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Ras! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1890 (#974 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1892 (#766 → #956)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1890 at #667 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1889–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,336
- Highest: 1 in 12,336 boys born in 1890 were named Ras (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 19.2% of all boys named Ras (76) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #959 (1886) | #967 |
| 1890s | 27 | #667 (1890) | #860 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,320 |
| 1910s | 59 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,309 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,602 (1920) | #3,129 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,479 (1937) | #3,150 |
| 1940s | 17 | #2,326 (1948) | #2,661 |
| 1950s | 15 | #3,714 (1951) | #3,835 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,966 (1967) | #4,002 |
| 1970s | 10 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,680 |
| 1980s | 28 | #4,153 (1981) | #5,342 |
| 1990s | 42 | #4,564 (1992) | #7,367 |
| 2000s | 28 | #8,339 (2001) | #10,395 |
| 2010s | 20 | #8,744 (2015) | #10,203 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,193 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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