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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #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 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 45 boysAKMaine: #8 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 44 boysMEVermont: #12 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 46 boysVTNew Hampshire: #12 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 42 boysNHWashington: #22 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 119 boysWAIdaho: #23 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 108 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 70 boysMTNorth Dakota: #19 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 77 boysNDMinnesota: #23 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 106 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 631 births · 1 in 86 boysILWisconsin: #21 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 102 boysWIMichigan: #20 for boys · 417 births · 1 in 100 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 840 births · 1 in 102 boysNYMassachusetts: #16 for boys · 385 births · 1 in 74 boysMARhode Island: #11 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 40 boysRIOregon: #18 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 89 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Raymond, so not publishedNVWyoming: #18 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 79 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 103 boysSDIowa: #24 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 114 boysIAIndiana: #22 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 122 boysINOhio: #20 for boys · 506 births · 1 in 99 boysOHPennsylvania: #17 for boys · 881 births · 1 in 84 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 85 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 51 boysCTCalifornia: #21 for boys · 460 births · 1 in 94 boysCAUtah: #36 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 138 boysUTColorado: #21 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 106 boysCONebraska: #27 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 122 boysNEMissouri: #24 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 119 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 122 boysKYWest Virginia: #25 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 125 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 112 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 104 boysMDDelaware: #16 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 66 boysDEArizona: #12 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 68 boysAZNew Mexico: #25 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 108 boysNMKansas: #19 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 97 boysKSArkansas: #24 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 130 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 141 boysTNNorth Carolina: #34 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 180 boysNCSouth Carolina: #43 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 200 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 75 boysDCOklahoma: #28 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 118 boysOKLouisiana: #19 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 109 boysLAMississippi: #54 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 265 boysMSAlabama: #40 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 210 boysALGeorgia: #27 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 142 boysGAHawaii: #19 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 62 boysHITexas: #23 for boys · 410 births · 1 in 139 boysTXFlorida: #29 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 136 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#8 · 1 in 44
  2. Rhode Island#11 · 1 in 40
  3. New Hampshire#12 · 1 in 42
  4. Vermont#12 · 1 in 46
  5. Arizona#12 · 1 in 68

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#81401 in 44
Rhode Island#111091 in 40
Arizona#12671 in 68
New Hampshire#12721 in 42
Vermont#12521 in 46
Connecticut#131931 in 51
District of Columbia#15661 in 75
Alaska#1671 in 45
Delaware#16251 in 66
Massachusetts#163851 in 74
Montana#16601 in 70
Maryland#171131 in 104
Pennsylvania#178811 in 84
Illinois#186311 in 86
Oregon#18741 in 89
Virginia#181971 in 112
Wyoming#18211 in 79
Hawaii#19501 in 62
Kansas#191341 in 97
Louisiana#191851 in 109
New Jersey#192881 in 85
North Dakota#19701 in 77
Michigan#204171 in 100
Ohio#205061 in 99
California#214601 in 94
Colorado#21851 in 106
New York#218401 in 102
Wisconsin#212361 in 102
Indiana#222081 in 122
Washington#22921 in 119
Idaho#23391 in 108
Minnesota#231991 in 106
South Dakota#23461 in 103
Texas#234101 in 139
Arkansas#241351 in 130
Iowa#241701 in 114
Kentucky#242111 in 122
Missouri#242241 in 119
New Mexico#25511 in 108
West Virginia#251481 in 125
Tennessee#261831 in 141
Georgia#272051 in 142
Nebraska#27801 in 122
Oklahoma#281701 in 118
Florida#29941 in 136
North Carolina#341951 in 180
Utah#36371 in 138
Alabama#401321 in 210
South Carolina#43961 in 200
Mississippi#54781 in 265
Nevada———

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 1937

girls
#1,160
38 births · 1 in 28,001 girls
boys
#19
9,571 births · 1 in 111 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,160Raymond38

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #19Raymond9,571
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 28,001 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #1,144Neta39
  2. #1,144Palma39
  3. #1,144Rilla39
  4. #1,160Raymond38
  5. #1,160Alison38
  6. #1,160Arlys38
  7. #1,160Berneice38
  8. #1,180Arlean37
  9. #1,180Darlyne37
  10. #1,180Elissa37

Tied with 19 names at #1,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 111 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,020 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. #16Larry10,320
  2. #17Jerry10,301
  3. #18Frank10,127
  4. #19Raymond9,571
  5. #20Gerald9,425
  6. #21Harold8,550
  7. #22Billy8,301
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,923Tyrone#2,629 → #706
  2. ↑ 558Lamont#1,540 → #982
  3. ↑ 540Lary#1,540 → #1,000
  4. ↑ 416Errol#906 → #490
  5. ↑ 399Levon#1,356 → #957
Fallers
  1. ↓ 492Gaston#989 → #1,481
  2. ↓ 461Gorden#827 → #1,288
  3. ↓ 432Sergio#940 → #1,372
  4. ↓ 371Landon#422 → #793
  5. ↓ 347Harlen#747 → #1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →