Race
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Race is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “contest of speed”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Race mean?
English: English word name
“contest of speed”
An English word name; race in the sense of a contest comes from Old Norse ras 'rush, running'.
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Is Race a girl's or a boy's name?
Race is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Race in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Race, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Race in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Race in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,160 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 62 | #1,764 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 54 | #1,830 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,013 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
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