Rayfield
Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,874since 1896
Rayfield over time
Rank among boys' names. Rayfield has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,273 | 35 |
| 1954 | #1,311 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1946 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,296 | 30 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,404 | 27 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Rayfield! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rayfield is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#451 · 1 in 5,809
Best ever in a state: #229 in Maryland, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #451 | 6 | 1 in 5,809 |
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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 Rayfield
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #798)
- Biggest drop: 547 spots in 1907 (#798 → #1,345)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1904 at #723 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1896–1906
- Highest: 1 in 11,647 boys born in 1904 were named Rayfield (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,303 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 17.8% of all boys named Rayfield (333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #982 (1896) | #1,053 |
| 1900s | 62 | #723 (1904) | #1,072 |
| 1910s | 205 | #1,075 (1913) | #1,338 |
| 1920s | 274 | #1,226 (1921) | #1,423 |
| 1930s | 247 | #1,202 (1933) | #1,392 |
| 1940s | 280 | #1,072 (1949) | #1,346 |
| 1950s | 333 | #1,181 (1950) | #1,315 |
| 1960s | 195 | #1,515 (1962) | #1,867 |
| 1970s | 128 | #2,216 (1973) | #3,141 |
| 1980s | 96 | #3,221 (1981) | #4,440 |
| 1990s | 28 | #5,382 (1990) | #7,026 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,508 |
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.
Rayfield in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
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1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 41,254 of them was named Rayfield, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,063Michal44
- #1,063Orrin44
- #1,063Thurston44
- #1,072Rayfield43
- #1,072Brenda43
- #1,072Buck43
- #1,072Burnell43
- #1,085Aurelio42
- #1,085Brandon42
- #1,085Ferdinand42
Tied with 12 names at #1,072; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.