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Meaning of the nameRair

Rair is a male name of uncertain spelling, also recorded as Rayr, and used in Brazil mostly by people born from the 1990s onward.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,769 people named Rair, the 4,106th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 17, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Rair is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,769
Rank in Brazil
#4,106
Median age
17 years
2010 Census
3,016
people

Rair in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rair, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,283 people).

72 women 2,697 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rair is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rair in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.005%
  2. Maranhão 0.003%
  3. Amazonas 0.003%
  4. Pará 0.003%
  5. Ceará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia6630.005%
Pará2360.003%
Maranhão2280.003%
Minas Gerais2120.001%
Ceará1680.002%
São Paulo1390.000%
Pernambuco1210.001%
Amazonas1190.003%
Rio de Janeiro1130.001%
Alagoas950.003%
Goiás770.001%
Acre760.009%
Sergipe690.003%
Piauí620.002%
Rio Grande do Norte620.002%
Tocantins560.004%
Paraíba550.001%
Espírito Santo480.001%
Mato Grosso380.001%
Distrito Federal310.001%
Rondônia200.001%
Roraima190.003%
Santa Catarina160.000%
Amapá150.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Rair

The origin of the spelling Rair is uncertain, and the meaning is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Rayr as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,769 people named Rair, with a median age of 17. The record is almost always male, and most of the people were born between the 1990s and the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rair · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rair

What does the name Rair mean?

The meaning of Rair is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Rair in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,769 people with the first name Rair, which ranks it number 4,106 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Rair a boy's or a girl's name?

Rair is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 72 women and 2,697 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rair most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.005% of the state's population is named Rair (663 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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