Race
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 14 babies a year in the US.
Race by the numbers
Race was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 65 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Race
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Race. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Race
Names that are said the same way as Race, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Raisleader, captain, president3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Race
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