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
#14
1919 · 11,384 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 52 boysAKMaine: #9 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 47 boysMEVermont: #9 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 42 boysVTNew Hampshire: #13 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 55 boysNHWashington: #29 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 148 boysWAIdaho: #26 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 137 boysIDMontana: #26 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 122 boysMTNorth Dakota: #19 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 82 boysNDMinnesota: #31 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 141 boysMNIllinois: #23 for boys · 611 births · 1 in 105 boysILWisconsin: #27 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 123 boysWIMichigan: #25 for boys · 442 births · 1 in 113 boysMINew York: #23 for boys · 910 births · 1 in 110 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 389 births · 1 in 86 boysMARhode Island: #9 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 37 boysRIOregon: #25 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 125 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Raymond, so not publishedNVWyoming: #24 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 107 boysWYSouth Dakota: #25 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 125 boysSDIowa: #29 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 160 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 159 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 488 births · 1 in 122 boysOHPennsylvania: #19 for boys · 889 births · 1 in 91 boysPANew Jersey: #20 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 86 boysNJConnecticut: #18 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 63 boysCTCalifornia: #21 for boys · 500 births · 1 in 117 boysCAUtah: #44 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 177 boysUTColorado: #21 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 90 boysCONebraska: #29 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 145 boysNEMissouri: #22 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 110 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 123 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 150 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 113 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 98 boysMDDelaware: #22 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 114 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 91 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 93 boysNMKansas: #24 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 132 boysKSArkansas: #30 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 159 boysARTennessee: #33 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 175 boysTNNorth Carolina: #34 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 191 boysNCSouth Carolina: #53 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 236 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #18 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 95 boysDCOklahoma: #33 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 143 boysOKLouisiana: #21 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 112 boysLAMississippi: #59 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 295 boysMSAlabama: #36 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 182 boysALGeorgia: #33 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 158 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 60 boysHITexas: #23 for boys · 501 births · 1 in 133 boysTXFlorida: #21 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 116 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#9 · 1 in 37
  2. Vermont#9 · 1 in 42
  3. Maine#9 · 1 in 47
  4. New Hampshire#13 · 1 in 55
  5. Hawaii#15 · 1 in 60

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#91441 in 47
Rhode Island#91331 in 37
Vermont#9631 in 42
New Hampshire#13651 in 55
Hawaii#15651 in 60
Alaska#17101 in 52
Maryland#171551 in 98
Connecticut#182061 in 63
District of Columbia#18791 in 95
Virginia#182281 in 113
Arizona#19571 in 91
Massachusetts#193891 in 86
New Mexico#19651 in 93
North Dakota#19691 in 82
Pennsylvania#198891 in 91
New Jersey#203531 in 86
California#215001 in 117
Colorado#211081 in 90
Florida#211431 in 116
Louisiana#212171 in 112
Delaware#22171 in 114
Missouri#222811 in 110
Illinois#236111 in 105
New York#239101 in 110
Texas#235011 in 133
Kansas#241031 in 132
Kentucky#242321 in 123
Wyoming#24181 in 107
Michigan#254421 in 113
Ohio#254881 in 122
Oregon#25671 in 125
South Dakota#25411 in 125
Idaho#26351 in 137
Montana#26391 in 122
Wisconsin#272161 in 123
Indiana#281891 in 159
Iowa#291351 in 160
Nebraska#29691 in 145
Washington#29931 in 148
West Virginia#291321 in 150
Arkansas#301241 in 159
Minnesota#311751 in 141
Georgia#332051 in 158
Oklahoma#331521 in 143
Tennessee#331691 in 175
North Carolina#342031 in 191
Alabama#361621 in 182
Utah#44331 in 177
South Carolina#53921 in 236
Mississippi#59751 in 295
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 1941

girls
#1,052
48 births · 1 in 25,169 girls
boys
#22
9,951 births · 1 in 123 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,052Raymond48

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #22Raymond9,951
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 25,169 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 79.3% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #1,041Maribeth49
  2. #1,041Romona49
  3. #1,041Sabra49
  4. #1,052Raymond48
  5. #1,052Bernardine48
  6. #1,052Beverlee48
  7. #1,052Cathie48
  8. #1,065Aloma47
  9. #1,065Augustine47
  10. #1,065Burma47

Tied with 12 names at #1,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 123 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,002 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. #19Gary14,568
  2. #20Gerald10,942
  3. #21Frank10,795
  4. #22Raymond9,951
  5. #23Dennis9,562
  6. #24Harold8,102
  7. #25Roger8,095
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →