Rice
Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 287since 1880
Rice over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rice 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.
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
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| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
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| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
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| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
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| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
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| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
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| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
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| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
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| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rice was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1890 (#789 → #994)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #640 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1888–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,277
- Highest: 1 in 12,277 boys born in 1880 were named Rice (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 26.8% of all boys named Rice (77) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 37 | #640 (1880) | #747 |
| 1890s | 25 | #994 (1890) | #1,062 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,111 (1906) | #1,111 |
| 1910s | 54 | #2,063 (1919) | #2,668 |
| 1920s | 77 | #2,446 (1923) | #3,314 |
| 1930s | 49 | #2,609 (1930) | #3,071 |
| 1940s | 12 | #2,996 (1945) | #3,183 |
| 1950s | 22 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,601 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
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.
Rice in 1880
boys
#640
9 births · 1 in 12,277 boys
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 12,277 of them was named Rice, which outranked 39.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).