Rayce

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rayce by the numbers

Rayce was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 86 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rayce

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

  • Royceson of the king; from roy720 in the US (2017)
  • Raynerain or counsel; a modern respelling of Raine368 in the US (2017)
  • Ranceshield or raven; a form of Ransom16 in the US (2017)
  • Race14 in the US (2017)
  • Raycer5 in the US (2017)
  • Rayfe3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Rayce

Names that are said the same way as Rayce, 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 Rayce

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