Raymon

Where Raymon comes from

Raymon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #974 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1934
    Peak, #481
    141 babies named Raymon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1942
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #821.
  4. 1987
    Raymon van der Biezen born
    Dutch bicycle motocross rider
  5. 1991
    Raymon Reifer born
    Barbadian Cricketer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Raymon van der Biezen · Dutch bicycle motocross rider, born 1987
  • Raymon Reifer · Barbadian Cricketer, born 1991
  • Raymon Anning · former Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong, 1930–2020
  • Raymon Kim · Canadian chef, born 1975
  • Raymon van Emmerik · Dutch footballer, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.