Rayford

Where Rayford comes from

Rayford hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #826 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Rayford Logan born
    American historian
  3. 1937
    Peak, #517
    124 babies named Rayford — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,026.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Rayford Logan · American historian, 1897–1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.