Racer

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Racer by the numbers

Racer was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Racer

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 Racer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Race14 in the US (2017)
  • Raycer5 in the US (2017)
  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
  • Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
  • Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Racer

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