Rayford
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 124 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,516since 1896
Rayford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rayford has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #1,262 | 43 |
| 1971 | #1,138 | 52 |
| 1970 | #1,314 | 40 |
| 1969 | #1,097 | 50 |
| 1968 | #958 | 58 |
| 1967 | #848 | 71 |
| 1966 | #961 | 57 |
| 1965 | #986 | 56 |
| 1964 | #952 | 64 |
| 1963 | #961 | 61 |
| 1962 | #850 | 79 |
| 1961 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | #870 | 76 |
| 1959 | #1,026 | 56 |
| 1958 | #824 | 83 |
| 1957 | #835 | 82 |
| 1956 | #762 | 93 |
| 1955 | #772 | 89 |
| 1954 | #735 | 96 |
| 1953 | #762 | 87 |
| 1952 | #659 | 111 |
| 1951 | #707 | 96 |
| 1950 | #685 | 99 |
| 1949 | #722 | 90 |
| 1948 | #700 | 91 |
| 1947 | #671 | 105 |
| 1946 | #648 | 99 |
| 1945 | #692 | 77 |
| 1944 | #581 | 111 |
| 1943 | #623 | 103 |
| 1942 | #673 | 92 |
| 1941 | #665 | 84 |
| 1940 | #602 | 96 |
| 1939 | #621 | 88 |
| 1938 | #583 | 101 |
| 1937 | #517 | 124 |
| 1936 | #637 | 82 |
| 1935 | #614 | 91 |
| 1934 | #615 | 93 |
| 1933 | #664 | 78 |
| 1932 | #600 | 96 |
| 1931 | #667 | 80 |
| 1930 | #645 | 90 |
| 1929 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #636 | 95 |
| 1927 | #662 | 92 |
| 1926 | #694 | 83 |
| 1925 | #641 | 98 |
| 1924 | #737 | 81 |
| 1923 | #737 | 78 |
| 1922 | #737 | 80 |
| 1921 | #804 | 71 |
| 1920 | #775 | 73 |
| 1919 | #704 | 79 |
| 1918 | #851 | 60 |
| 1917 | #900 | 50 |
| 1916 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #941 | 44 |
| 1914 | #1,054 | 29 |
| 1913 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five boys were named Rayford! It came in at #826, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rayford
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- Biggest jump: 413 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #804)
- Biggest drop: 510 spots in 1910 (#804 → #1,314)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1937 at #517 (124 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1917–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,602
- Highest: 1 in 8,602 boys born in 1937 were named Rayford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 17.2% of all boys named Rayford (948) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 8 | #826 (1896) | #826 |
| 1900s | 48 | #804 (1909) | #1,089 |
| 1910s | 360 | #704 (1919) | #986 |
| 1920s | 841 | #636 (1928) | #707 |
| 1930s | 923 | #517 (1937) | #616 |
| 1940s | 948 | #581 (1944) | #658 |
| 1950s | 892 | #659 (1952) | #777 |
| 1960s | 641 | #848 (1967) | #940 |
| 1970s | 348 | #1,138 (1971) | #1,567 |
| 1980s | 248 | #1,700 (1982) | #2,281 |
| 1990s | 131 | #2,828 (1991) | #4,964 |
| 2000s | 76 | #5,142 (2001) | #7,724 |
| 2010s | 35 | #9,642 (2014) | #11,079 |
| 2020s | 17 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,209 |
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.
Rayford in 1932
boys
#600
96 births · 1 in 10,877 boys
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 10,877 of them was named Rayford, which outranked 86.0% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).