Rice
Rice is a masculine given name and may refer to:Rice Garland (1799–1863), U.S. Representative from Louisiana Rice Alexander Pierce (1848–1936), American politician and member of the U.S.
Meaning & Origin of Rice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rice is a masculine given name and may refer to:Rice Garland (1799–1863), U.S. Representative from Louisiana Rice Alexander Pierce (1848–1936), American politician and member of the U.S.
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The Story of Rice
American parents first put Rice on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1919, when 15 Rices were born — ranking #2,063 that year. About 27% of every Rice on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Rice last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 287 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Rice
Rice is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 287 births in the dataset. Rice's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #2,063. Use the chart and map above to compare Rice'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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