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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #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 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 55 boysAKMaine: #16 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 66 boysMEVermont: #16 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 60 boysVTNew Hampshire: #12 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 52 boysNHWashington: #34 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 150 boysWAIdaho: #24 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 135 boysIDMontana: #17 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 74 boysMTNorth Dakota: #24 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 93 boysNDMinnesota: #30 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 152 boysMNIllinois: #23 for boys · 691 births · 1 in 106 boysILWisconsin: #30 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 147 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 530 births · 1 in 111 boysMINew York: #24 for boys · 1,077 births · 1 in 111 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 473 births · 1 in 87 boysMARhode Island: #11 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 39 boysRIOregon: #35 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 173 boysORNevada: #16 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 59 boysNVWyoming: #19 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 86 boysWYSouth Dakota: #41 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 184 boysSDIowa: #27 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 153 boysIAIndiana: #27 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 140 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 584 births · 1 in 116 boysOHPennsylvania: #19 for boys · 1,000 births · 1 in 93 boysPANew Jersey: #18 for boys · 489 births · 1 in 77 boysNJConnecticut: #17 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 73 boysCTCalifornia: #23 for boys · 674 births · 1 in 121 boysCAUtah: #59 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 259 boysUTColorado: #22 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 95 boysCONebraska: #28 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 133 boysNEMissouri: #23 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 114 boysMOKentucky: #27 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 147 boysKYWest Virginia: #26 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 141 boysWVVirginia: #21 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 121 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 98 boysMDDelaware: #19 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 89 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 96 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 96 boysNMKansas: #25 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 136 boysKSArkansas: #32 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 175 boysARTennessee: #30 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 160 boysTNNorth Carolina: #34 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 181 boysNCSouth Carolina: #40 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 189 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #20 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 121 boysDCOklahoma: #30 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 130 boysOKLouisiana: #25 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 121 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 279 boysMSAlabama: #42 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 212 boysALGeorgia: #37 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 183 boysGAHawaii: #21 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 75 boysHITexas: #29 for boys · 537 births · 1 in 145 boysTXFlorida: #24 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 136 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#11 · 1 in 39
  2. New Hampshire#12 · 1 in 52
  3. Nevada#16 · 1 in 59
  4. Vermont#16 · 1 in 60
  5. Maine#16 · 1 in 66

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#111611 in 39
New Hampshire#12801 in 52
Maine#161211 in 66
Nevada#16171 in 59
Vermont#16491 in 60
Connecticut#172431 in 73
Maryland#172001 in 98
Montana#17621 in 74
Alaska#1891 in 55
New Jersey#184891 in 77
Arizona#19731 in 96
Delaware#19291 in 89
Massachusetts#194731 in 87
New Mexico#19671 in 96
Pennsylvania#191,0001 in 93
Wyoming#19251 in 86
District of Columbia#20801 in 121
Hawaii#21661 in 75
Virginia#212521 in 121
Colorado#221171 in 95
California#236741 in 121
Illinois#236911 in 106
Missouri#233031 in 114
Florida#241611 in 136
Idaho#24391 in 135
Michigan#245301 in 111
New York#241,0771 in 111
North Dakota#24631 in 93
Kansas#251191 in 136
Louisiana#252241 in 121
Ohio#255841 in 116
West Virginia#261431 in 141
Indiana#272441 in 140
Iowa#271461 in 153
Kentucky#272011 in 147
Nebraska#28851 in 133
Texas#295371 in 145
Minnesota#301751 in 152
Oklahoma#301731 in 130
Tennessee#302071 in 160
Wisconsin#302021 in 147
Arkansas#321201 in 175
North Carolina#342401 in 181
Washington#341341 in 150
Oregon#35671 in 173
Georgia#372001 in 183
South Carolina#401291 in 189
South Dakota#41291 in 184
Alabama#421621 in 212
Mississippi#57891 in 279
Utah#59301 in 259

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 1943

girls
#1,291
40 births · 1 in 34,882 girls
boys
#22
11,391 births · 1 in 125 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #1,291Raymond40

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #22Raymond11,391
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 34,882 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 75.9% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #1,275Mayme41
  2. #1,275Octavia41
  3. #1,275Raye41
  4. #1,291Raymond40
  5. #1,291Alda40
  6. #1,291Arletta40
  7. #1,291Bea40
  8. #1,305Angel39
  9. #1,305Annis39
  10. #1,305Donnalee39

Tied with 13 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 125 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #19Paul17,253
  2. #20Dennis14,116
  3. #21Frank12,246
  4. #22Raymond11,391
  5. #23Gerald11,367
  6. #24Roger10,773
  7. #25Daniel9,168
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943 →