Raid
Raid is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Raid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raid is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Raid
Raid first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1992, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 6 births, good for #7,421 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Raids. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 22 Raids have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Raid
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About the name Raid
Raid is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 22 births in the dataset. Raid's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #7,421. Use the chart and map above to compare Raid's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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