Is Rai a boy or girl name?

Rai is a unisex name. Of the 520 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 27.1% were girls and 72.9% were boys.

Rai

Recorded 1952–2025 · United States

Rai was most popular in 2022, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,156 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 520 people named Rai.

Rai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rai’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rai is a unisex name — 27.1% of the 520 Americans given it were girls and 72.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 22% girls and 78% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Rai

Where Rai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 9.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org