UK boy's name
Rares
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Rares is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Rares popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #773, with 44 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2020, with 91 births.
This profile covers 683 England and Wales registrations across 17 recorded years from 2007 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 48% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 682 living people in the UK are called Rares. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Rares ranked #773 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 44 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2020, when 91 boys were registered as Rares.
- • Rares ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #711 in 2020.
- • About 682 living people in the UK are estimated to have Rares as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#773
2024
Births in 2024
44
Latest year
Peak year
2020
91 births
Estimated living
682
2026
Popularity
Rares over time
The chart below shows babies named Rares registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Rares, the clearest high point is 2020. The latest England and Wales figure is 44 births in 2024, compared with 91 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Rares by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Rares was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #590 | 331 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1328 | 337 | 9 |
| 2000s | #3345 | 15 | 3 |
Geography
Where Rares is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Rares. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Rares ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #711 in 2020.
Across the UK
Rares in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#711 in 2020
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Rares
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- Riley 37,992
- Robert 27,462
- Reuben 25,122
- Rhys 24,418
- Reece 24,329
- Rory 21,870
- Roman 16,609
- Ronnie 16,445
- Reggie 14,684
- Rowan 14,371
- Ralph 8,892
FAQ
Rares: questions and answers
How popular is the name Rares in the UK right now?
In 2024, Rares was ranked #773 for boys in England and Wales, with 44 births registered.
When was Rares most popular?
The peak year on record was 2020, with 91 babies registered as Rares in England and Wales.
How many people are called Rares in the UK?
A total of 683 babies have been registered as Rares across the 17 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Rares most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Rares ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #711 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.