Rice is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Rice is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1972. Rice was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,580 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,455 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,667 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,142 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #3,614 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,670 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,256 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,936 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,096 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,598 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #2,945 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,307 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,676 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #2,752 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,194 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,619 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,709 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,097 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #3,671 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,448 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,580 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,200 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,804 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,435 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | #2,134 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,315 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,156 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,696 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,335 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,490 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,225 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,266 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,199 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,234 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,154 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,127 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #868 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #804 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #866 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #818 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #678 |