Rares
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RA-resh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,055 for boys
Rares is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies).
What does Rares mean?
Romanian name, after Prince Petru Rareș
A Romanian name taken from Petru Rareș, a 16th-century prince of Moldavia.
Is Rares a girl's or a boy's name?
Rares is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rares in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,055th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Rares, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 465th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 94 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rares than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Rares in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.
Rares in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 56 | #696 |
| 2022 | 67 | #616 |
| 2021 | 76 | #571 |
| 2020 | 94 | #465 |
| 2019 | 84 | #521 |
| 2018 | 80 | #540 |
| 2017 | 63 | #644 |
| 2016 | 40 | #863 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
Names like Rares
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rupert, Musa, Muhammad, River, Idris, Yahya, Reggie, Roman, Ezra, Rory, Ronnie, Rowan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rares: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rares, updated 20 October 2026.