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 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#812 · 1 in 10,620
Best ever in a state: #425 in Oklahoma, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #812 | 7 | 1 in 10,620 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
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| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 34,032 of them was named Raye, which outranked 76.2% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,251Shiela42
- #1,251Tessie42
- #1,251Victory42
- #1,275Raye41
- #1,275Almeda41
- #1,275Annamae41
- #1,275Arnetta41
- #1,291Alda40
- #1,291Arletta40
- #1,291Bea40
Tied with 15 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 142,730 of them was named Raye, which outranked 40.5% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,277Weaver11
- #2,277Webb11
- #2,277Williom11
- #2,405Raye10
- #2,405Adrain10
- #2,405Alberta10
- #2,405Alphonza10
- #2,563Adron9
- #2,563Alger9
- #2,563Amadeo9
Tied with 157 names at #2,405; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.