Raye
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #5,619
Given to girls 88.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1912 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,297since 1889
Raye over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,272 | 67 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Raye! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Raye is popular in 1889
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Raye
- 1,048 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #6,546)
- 463 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #6,546)
- 3,602 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #6,546)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1912 at #1,143 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,577 girls born in 1912 were named Raye (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Raye (456) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 11 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,543 |
| 1900s | 38 | #1,512 (1907) | #1,683 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,143 (1912) | #1,636 |
| 1920s | 204 | #1,626 (1920) | #1,945 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,437 (1938) | #1,801 |
| 1940s | 341 | #1,236 (1944) | #1,477 |
| 1950s | 456 | #1,272 (1956) | #1,511 |
| 1960s | 323 | #1,666 (1961) | #2,173 |
| 1970s | 154 | #2,599 (1971) | #4,590 |
| 1980s | 82 | #6,156 (1986) | #7,923 |
| 1990s | 83 | #6,976 (1991) | #9,838 |
| 2000s | 44 | #8,196 (2001) | #13,147 |
| 2010s | 87 | #7,025 (2019) | #10,243 |
| 2020s | 94 | #6,083 (2020) | #7,080 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raye in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 29,728 of them was named Raye, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).