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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 45 boysAKMaine: #10 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 55 boysMEVermont: #11 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 45 boysVTNew Hampshire: #8 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 38 boysNHWashington: #23 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 113 boysWAIdaho: #20 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 101 boysIDMontana: #13 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 69 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 59 boysNDMinnesota: #17 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 82 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 669 births · 1 in 77 boysILWisconsin: #18 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 80 boysWIMichigan: #17 for boys · 504 births · 1 in 75 boysMINew York: #18 for boys · 1,015 births · 1 in 87 boysNYMassachusetts: #16 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 76 boysMARhode Island: #10 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 32 boysRIOregon: #16 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 96 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 32 boysNVWyoming: #15 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 66 boysWYSouth Dakota: #18 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 84 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 91 boysIAIndiana: #21 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 110 boysINOhio: #19 for boys · 496 births · 1 in 93 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 959 births · 1 in 77 boysPANew Jersey: #16 for boys · 352 births · 1 in 75 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 52 boysCTCalifornia: #16 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 82 boysCAUtah: #35 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 140 boysUTColorado: #18 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 85 boysCONebraska: #17 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 94 boysNEMissouri: #18 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 93 boysMOKentucky: #18 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 97 boysKYWest Virginia: #23 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 114 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 104 boysVAMaryland: #13 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 83 boysMDDelaware: #20 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 81 boysDEArizona: #18 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 88 boysAZNew Mexico: #14 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 82 boysNMKansas: #14 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 90 boysKSArkansas: #26 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 132 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 135 boysTNNorth Carolina: #30 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 152 boysNCSouth Carolina: #40 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 203 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 98 boysDCOklahoma: #25 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 110 boysOKLouisiana: #18 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 105 boysLAMississippi: #64 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 314 boysMSAlabama: #43 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 213 boysALGeorgia: #37 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 201 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 69 boysHITexas: #20 for boys · 436 births · 1 in 129 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 117 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#8 · 1 in 38
  2. North Dakota#9 · 1 in 59
  3. Nevada#10 · 1 in 32
  4. Rhode Island#10 · 1 in 32
  5. Maine#10 · 1 in 55

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#8801 in 38
North Dakota#91001 in 59
Maine#101181 in 55
Nevada#1091 in 32
Rhode Island#101411 in 32
Vermont#11541 in 45
Connecticut#131921 in 52
Maryland#131421 in 83
Montana#13511 in 69
Kansas#141551 in 90
New Mexico#14581 in 82
Illinois#156691 in 77
Wyoming#15221 in 66
California#164281 in 82
Iowa#162011 in 91
Massachusetts#163931 in 76
New Jersey#163521 in 75
Oregon#16551 in 96
Pennsylvania#169591 in 77
District of Columbia#17391 in 98
Michigan#175041 in 75
Minnesota#172431 in 82
Nebraska#171171 in 94
Alaska#1861 in 45
Arizona#18451 in 88
Colorado#18941 in 85
Kentucky#182711 in 97
Louisiana#181841 in 105
Missouri#182961 in 93
New York#181,0151 in 87
South Dakota#18651 in 84
Virginia#182161 in 104
Wisconsin#182891 in 80
Ohio#194961 in 93
Delaware#20181 in 81
Idaho#20341 in 101
Texas#204361 in 129
Indiana#212111 in 110
Florida#221041 in 117
Hawaii#23491 in 69
Washington#23801 in 113
West Virginia#231471 in 114
Oklahoma#251971 in 110
Arkansas#261341 in 132
Tennessee#261891 in 135
North Carolina#302241 in 152
Utah#35331 in 140
Georgia#371451 in 201
South Carolina#40931 in 203
Alabama#431301 in 213
Mississippi#64631 in 314

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 1932

girls
#969
53 births · 1 in 20,135 girls
boys
#19
10,346 births · 1 in 101 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #969Raymond53

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #19Raymond10,346
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 20,135 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 81.0% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #965Cathrine54
  2. #965Emmer54
  3. #965Florida54
  4. #969Raymond53
  5. #969Anastasia53
  6. #969Ardyce53
  7. #969Ceola53
  8. #979Delilah52
  9. #979Elmira52
  10. #979Jimmy52

Tied with 9 names at #969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dian#1,876 → #913
  2. ↑ 519Carleen#1,394 → #875
  3. ↑ 357Jimmy#1,336 → #979
  4. ↑ 347Letty#1,287 → #940
  5. ↑ 340Letitia#1,148 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 350Blossom#970 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 332Luetta#844 → #1,176
  3. ↓ 305Roy#887 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 289Sofia#887 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 282Joretta#463 → #745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 101 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #16Ronald11,143
  2. #17Jack10,716
  3. #18Harold10,433
  4. #19Raymond10,346
  5. #20Billy9,436
  6. #21Walter8,667
  7. #22Eugene8,046
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932 →