Race is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2002 and has since faded.
Race is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,094 for boy births in the United States (and #14,908 across all names), given to 12 babies. Race first appears in 1954 and peaked in 2002 (65 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #7,094 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | #12,005 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #8,763 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | #9,633 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | #6,264 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | #8,568 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | #7,078 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #7,020 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #6,264 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #5,089 |
| 2015 | 28 | 28 | #3,854 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | #3,866 |
| 2013 | 24 | 24 | #4,151 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | #3,221 |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | #2,943 |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | #3,290 |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 | #3,149 |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | #2,709 |
| 2007 | 54 | 54 | #2,407 |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | #2,273 |
| 2005 | 63 | 63 | #2,000 |
| 2004 | 54 | 54 | #2,185 |
| 2003 | 53 | 53 | #2,119 |
| 2002 | 65 | 65 | #1,783 |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 62 | 62 | #1,777 |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #1,818 |
| 1998 | 54 | 54 | #1,845 |
| 1997 | 45 | — | #2,015 |
| 1996 | 43 | — | #2,041 |
| 1995 | 36 | — | #2,245 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #2,920 |
| 1993 | 34 | — | #2,281 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | #2,976 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | #3,086 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | #3,734 |
| 1989 | 21 | — | #2,972 |
| 1988 | 20 | — | #2,830 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | #2,623 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,235 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #4,267 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #7,041 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #7,025 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #6,054 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #6,812 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,942 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,882 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #3,026 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #2,818 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #4,022 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,386 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,584 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,934 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,520 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,213 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #2,976 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,845 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,795 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,238 |