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Raed

Boy · RAH-ed · Arabic

Raed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “leader, pioneer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).

What does Raed mean?

Arabic

“leader, pioneer”

Say it
RAH-ed

Is Raed a girl's or a boy's name?

Raed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Raed in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,342among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Raed, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Raed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 10 in 20222025
Raed in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#2,342
20248#2,750
20234#4,335
202210#2,279
20217#2,886
20209#2,359
20196#3,184
20189#2,388
20178#2,656
20168#2,690
20154#4,086
20145#3,529
20136#3,096
20127#2,849
20110–
20100–
20093#4,691
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20054#3,330

How popular is Raed in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,395among boys
Babies in 2025
23about 1 in 74,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Raed, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.

Half of all the boys named Raed in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1975Busiest: 23 in 20222025
Raed in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202523#4,395
202415#5,899
202312#6,892
202223#4,438
202110#7,582
202010#7,497
201911#7,168
201817#5,316
201713#6,334
201616#5,551
201514#5,995
201417#5,248
201313#6,236
201213#6,300
201114#5,939
201010#7,585
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
20078#8,909
20067#9,579
200515#5,273
20045#11,348
200314#5,265
20027#8,449
20018#7,529
20007#8,202
199910#6,036
19987#7,553
199710#5,636
19960–
19959#5,922
199410#5,446
199310#5,353
199211#4,864
199112#4,468
19905#8,108
19897#6,222
19880–
198710#4,233
198610#4,126
19850–
19846#5,557
19830–
19825#6,383
19818#4,507
19807#4,938
19798#4,401
19780–
19776#5,121
19765#5,584
19755#5,462

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