Rai

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rai: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,516 in 2021, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1516highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2017	#4763
2020	#4535
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1516 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rai appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 151 births with the name.

Rai across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rai's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#1516 (2021)	#2088 (2024)	20 of 26	151 (1999–2024)	16 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#4535 (2020)	#5891 (2024)	7 of 21	23 (2004–2024)	4 (2017)

Rai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	71	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1516 in England and Wales in 2021.

Rai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,516, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Akshaya · #1516, 24y
Jahmari · #1516, 22y
Jiyan · #1516, 18y
Summer-Leigh · #1516, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Taimoor · #1516, 14y
Tion · #1516, 17y
Kyrell · #1517, 24y
Senay · #1517, 20y

Rai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rai without appearing here.

Rai moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1745 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Rai

Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Rai

Brent Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rai went from #2943 to #1609 while Brent went from #1027 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rai went from #2943 to #1609 while Ole went from #1383 to #4789.
Tor Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rai went from #2943 to #1609 while Tor went from #1281 to #3449.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1516 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rai

Rai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rai across 2 official records

Rai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rai appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rai and the names beside it

Rai moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rai

Moved the opposite way to Rai

Rai at a glance

Rai across 2 official records

Rai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rai appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rai and the names beside it

Rai moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rai

Moved the opposite way to Rai