Raye
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #5,619
Given to girls 88.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1912 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,297since 1889
Raye over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,272 | 67 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Raye! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Raye
- 1,048 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #6,546)
- 463 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #6,546)
- 3,602 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #6,546)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1912 at #1,143 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,577 girls born in 1912 were named Raye (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Raye (456) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 11 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,543 |
| 1900s | 38 | #1,512 (1907) | #1,683 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,143 (1912) | #1,636 |
| 1920s | 204 | #1,626 (1920) | #1,945 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,437 (1938) | #1,801 |
| 1940s | 341 | #1,236 (1944) | #1,477 |
| 1950s | 456 | #1,272 (1956) | #1,511 |
| 1960s | 323 | #1,666 (1961) | #2,173 |
| 1970s | 154 | #2,599 (1971) | #4,590 |
| 1980s | 82 | #6,156 (1986) | #7,923 |
| 1990s | 83 | #6,976 (1991) | #9,838 |
| 2000s | 44 | #8,196 (2001) | #13,147 |
| 2010s | 87 | #7,025 (2019) | #10,243 |
| 2020s | 94 | #6,083 (2020) | #7,080 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raye in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 29,966 of them was named Raye, which outranked 81.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,260Suzy68
- #1,260Teresia68
- #1,260Tonie68
- #1,272Raye67
- #1,272Anthony67
- #1,272Cari67
- #1,272Gary67
- #1,279Cristy66
- #1,279Deidra66
- #1,279Edythe66
Tied with 6 names at #1,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 302,186 of them was named Raye, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).