boy's name

Raïs

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 578

Raïs is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 2019, when 45 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 29,475 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1998.

Raïs over time

Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

205
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Raïs by decade in France
Decade Births
1990s 10
2000s 60
2010s 205
2020s (to 2025) 190

How popular is Raïs?

In 2025, Raïs was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Raïs is used

France #1,509 20 in 2025
Canada as Rais #3,319 5 in 2024
England & Wales as Rais #5,666 3 in 2025
United States as Rais #12,610 5 in 2009

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Raïs is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Rais Rais is a spelling of Raïs, used in Canada, where it ranks #3,319. 213

Names that peaked alongside Raïs

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Raïs also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Raïs over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Raïs

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Raïs — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Raïs

Is Raïs a girl's or a boy's name?

Raïs is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Raïs most popular?

Raïs peaked in 2019, when 45 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Raïs a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Raïs currently ranks #1,509 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.