Rares
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 31 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
31
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#976
31 babies
Rares by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Rares.
What we can tell you about Rares
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 Rares. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raeesleader, chief, captain49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
- Ramsesson of Ra; sun god135 in the US (2017)
- Reyeskings42 in the US (2017)
- Radekgladness, joy; a form of Radoslav6 in the US (2017)
- Ramosbranches; a Spanish surname used as a given name6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rares
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