Raymond

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502 · #394 for boys in 2025, 807 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1919 · 11,384 births
Debut · boys
165 births
In top 100 · boys
112 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
779,794
since 1880

Raymond over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #14, 1919boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#394807
2024—#379864
2023—#360906
2022—#343970
2021—#331991
2020—#3111,062
2019—#3251,025
2018—#2991,164
2017—#2931,208
2016—#2841,280
2015—#2591,386
2014—#2631,411
2013—#2641,349
2012—#2501,463
2011—#2331,533
2010—#2241,587
2009—#2201,650
2008—#2151,780
2007—#2011,965
2006—#1942,045
2005#14,5026#1961,971
2004#14,1796#1862,060
2003—#1872,057
2002#15,4325#1762,186
2001—#1632,342
2000#9,8749#1622,404
1999#12,6886#1442,649
1998#7,53212#1412,644
1997#9,8028#1382,705
1996#9,5818#1322,816
1995#10,5147#1242,920
1994#6,67213#1153,143
1993#8,7199#1083,330
1992#5,26718#1043,587
1991#5,18118#973,865
1990#5,06018#924,062
1989#4,35821#864,106
1988#3,89323#844,036
1987#2,61238#793,996
1986#3,27727#774,055
1985#3,00830#754,085
1984#2,78132#733,971
1983#2,72132#714,016
1982#2,77033#704,294
1981#2,77432#684,367
1980#2,69934#664,578
1979#2,52536#704,335
1978#2,26940#694,134
1977#1,97649#654,372
1976#2,29236#654,218
1975#2,41133#634,530
1974#1,88146#624,577
1973#1,78848#604,831
1972#1,97541#545,443
1971#2,00142#526,104
1970#1,73652#496,788
1969#1,83545#506,638
1968#1,60751#506,883
1967#1,75143#487,065
1966#1,79640#477,376
1965#1,88737#458,051
1964#1,80342#448,592
1963#1,83940#458,780
1962#1,62748#489,070
1961#1,59850#489,618
1960#1,65546#469,720
1959#1,61745#459,796
1958#1,82036#4310,226
1957#1,72839#3910,810
1956#1,89732#3911,108
1955#1,77435#3610,994
1954#1,80133#3511,242
1953#1,47344#3411,110
1952#1,78131#3311,235
1951#1,55537#3211,227
1950#1,49538#3111,180
1949#1,56435#3011,305
1948#1,49938#2711,612
1947#1,66133#2712,352
1946#1,46736#2511,289
1945#1,26140#239,858
1944#1,25540#2210,635
1943#1,29140#2211,391
1942#1,30038#2411,116
1941#1,05248#229,951
1940#1,44228#229,567
1939#1,02248#229,252
1938#1,26833#209,725
1937#1,16038#199,571
1936#1,15038#179,459
1935#1,00447#179,564
1934#1,13339#199,588
1933#92354#199,512
1932#96953#1910,346
1931#80671#1710,854
1930#94959#1611,714
1929#80976#1511,909
1928#685104#1611,946
1927#74792#1512,807
1926#86673#1512,809
1925#99656#1512,441
1924#1,01757#1512,873
1923#1,02754#1512,460
1922#1,04452#1612,129
1921#1,11547#1612,645
1920#1,20640#1512,193
1919#1,27036#1411,384
1918#1,06147#1511,604
1917#98650#169,956
1916#1,08742#169,565
1915#1,25831#168,981
1914#1,19926#166,821
1913#1,40517#185,310
1912#2,1448#184,374
1911#1,7928#192,088
1910#1,52110#191,737
1909#1,9576#201,441
1908#1,5478#201,381
1907#1,5128#211,290
1906—#211,133
1905#1,6966#211,159
1904—#221,093
1903—#211,051
1902#1,13310#211,064
1901—#22888
1900—#231,150
1899—#22869
1898#1,5026#23929
1897#1,5555#22837
1896#1,4166#24859
1895—#26806
1894—#27767
1893—#29703
1892—#31681
1891—#30575
1890—#36546
1889—#37511
1888—#45469
1887—#47372
1886—#52353
1885—#58308
1884—#62299
1883—#68233
1882—#78230
1881—#74195
1880—#87165
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Raymond was already there! It came in at #87, and was given to 165 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 240 boys a year got the name.

Where Raymond is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #22 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 46 boysAKMaine: #9 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 45 boysMEVermont: #9 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 39 boysVTNew Hampshire: #7 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 35 boysNHWashington: #23 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 105 boysWAIdaho: #32 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 120 boysIDMontana: #14 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 67 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 49 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 61 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 916 births · 1 in 64 boysILWisconsin: #11 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 55 boysWIMichigan: #13 for boys · 642 births · 1 in 65 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 1,233 births · 1 in 80 boysNYMassachusetts: #15 for boys · 560 births · 1 in 61 boysMARhode Island: #5 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 23 boysRIOregon: #17 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 100 boysORNevada: #12 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 41 boysNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 105 boysWYSouth Dakota: #11 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 67 boysSDIowa: #13 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 71 boysIAIndiana: #15 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 84 boysINOhio: #15 for boys · 777 births · 1 in 68 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 1,076 births · 1 in 82 boysPANew Jersey: #15 for boys · 436 births · 1 in 69 boysNJConnecticut: #11 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 45 boysCTCalifornia: #12 for boys · 505 births · 1 in 74 boysCAUtah: #27 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 111 boysUTColorado: #16 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 94 boysCONebraska: #14 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 77 boysNEMissouri: #16 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 78 boysMOKentucky: #16 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 92 boysKYWest Virginia: #22 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 98 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 99 boysVAMaryland: #15 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 78 boysMDDelaware: #26 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 90 boysDEArizona: #22 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 102 boysAZNew Mexico: #13 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 85 boysNMKansas: #12 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 85 boysKSArkansas: #17 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 107 boysARTennessee: #25 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 122 boysTNNorth Carolina: #33 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 165 boysNCSouth Carolina: #36 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 186 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #11 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 50 boysDCOklahoma: #17 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 86 boysOKLouisiana: #18 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 109 boysLAMississippi: #67 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 362 boysMSAlabama: #36 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 199 boysALGeorgia: #32 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 183 boysGAHawaii: #17 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 85 boysHITexas: #17 for boys · 479 births · 1 in 119 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 114 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#5 · 1 in 23
  2. New Hampshire#7 · 1 in 35
  3. Vermont#9 · 1 in 39
  4. Maine#9 · 1 in 45
  5. North Dakota#9 · 1 in 49

Best ever in a state: #4 in Vermont, 1919.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#52311 in 23
New Hampshire#7931 in 35
Maine#91361 in 45
North Dakota#91261 in 49
Vermont#9661 in 39
Connecticut#112661 in 45
District of Columbia#11691 in 50
Minnesota#113451 in 61
South Dakota#11841 in 67
Wisconsin#114411 in 55
California#125051 in 74
Kansas#121801 in 85
Nevada#1291 in 41
Illinois#139161 in 64
Iowa#132801 in 71
Michigan#136421 in 65
New Mexico#13491 in 85
Montana#14581 in 67
Nebraska#141511 in 77
Indiana#153081 in 84
Maryland#151631 in 78
Massachusetts#155601 in 61
New Jersey#154361 in 69
New York#151,2331 in 80
Ohio#157771 in 68
Colorado#16871 in 94
Kentucky#162891 in 92
Missouri#163731 in 78
Pennsylvania#161,0761 in 82
Arkansas#171691 in 107
Hawaii#17381 in 85
Oklahoma#172671 in 86
Oregon#17581 in 100
Texas#174791 in 119
Virginia#172341 in 99
Louisiana#181871 in 109
Alaska#2251 in 46
Arizona#22401 in 102
Florida#221281 in 114
West Virginia#221861 in 98
Washington#23901 in 105
Wyoming#23151 in 105
Tennessee#252051 in 122
Delaware#26161 in 90
Utah#27441 in 111
Georgia#321561 in 183
Idaho#32301 in 120
North Carolina#332131 in 165
Alabama#361421 in 199
South Carolina#36991 in 186
Mississippi#67571 in 362

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Raymond
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#379 → #394)
  • 83 spots since 2020 (#311 → #394)
  • 135 spots since 2015 (#259 → #394)
  • Biggest jump: 14 spots in 2020 (#325 → #311)
  • Biggest drop: 26 spots in 2019 (#299 → #325)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1919 at #14 (11,384 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 112 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 86
  • Highest: 1 in 86 boys born in 1919 were named Raymond (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,117 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Raymond (124,212) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,135#37 (1889)#61
1890s7,572#22 (1899)#27
1900s11,650#20 (1909)#21
1910s71,820#14 (1919)#17
1920s124,212#15 (1924)#15
1930s99,585#16 (1930)#19
1940s109,076#22 (1943)#24
1950s108,928#31 (1950)#37
1960s81,793#44 (1964)#47
1970s49,332#49 (1970)#61
1980s41,504#66 (1980)#75
1990s31,721#92 (1990)#120
2000s20,460#162 (2000)#190
2010s13,406#224 (2010)#269
2020s5,600#311 (2020)#353

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Raymond in 1927

girls
#747
92 births · 1 in 12,961 girls
boys
#15
12,807 births · 1 in 88 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #747Raymond92

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #15Raymond12,807
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 12,961 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 86.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #739Rosanna93
  2. #739Walter93
  3. #739Wynona93
  4. #747Raymond92
  5. #747Annamae92
  6. #747Carlene92
  7. #747Christene92
  8. #757Anastasia91
  9. #757Crystal91
  10. #757Deborah91

Tied with 9 names at #747; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 88 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.7% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #12Frank14,377
  2. #13Paul13,604
  3. #14Harold13,226
  4. #15Raymond12,807
  5. #16Jack12,802
  6. #17Walter11,346
  7. #18Kenneth10,848
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927 →