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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #31 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 142 boysAKMaine: #31 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 122 boysMEVermont: #28 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 99 boysVTNew Hampshire: #28 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 91 boysNHWashington: #49 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 249 boysWAIdaho: #58 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 253 boysIDMontana: #34 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 134 boysMTNorth Dakota: #66 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 309 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 349 boysMNIllinois: #38 for boys · 638 births · 1 in 169 boysILWisconsin: #49 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 267 boysWIMichigan: #41 for boys · 501 births · 1 in 191 boysMINew York: #33 for boys · 1,242 births · 1 in 140 boysNYMassachusetts: #33 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 154 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 68 boysRIOregon: #56 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 290 boysORNevada: #31 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 103 boysNVWyoming: #47 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 218 boysWYSouth Dakota: #52 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 263 boysSDIowa: #57 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 325 boysIAIndiana: #44 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 233 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 601 births · 1 in 183 boysOHPennsylvania: #30 for boys · 840 births · 1 in 143 boysPANew Jersey: #28 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 112 boysNJConnecticut: #28 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 108 boysCTCalifornia: #38 for boys · 909 births · 1 in 174 boysCAUtah: #66 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 299 boysUTColorado: #39 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 192 boysCONebraska: #45 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 219 boysNEMissouri: #44 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 232 boysMOKentucky: #53 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 256 boysKYWest Virginia: #53 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 273 boysWVVirginia: #34 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 174 boysVAMaryland: #30 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 136 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 122 boysDEArizona: #22 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 107 boysAZNew Mexico: #21 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 98 boysNMKansas: #50 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 237 boysKSArkansas: #45 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 213 boysARTennessee: #61 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 286 boysTNNorth Carolina: #54 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 271 boysNCSouth Carolina: #54 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 242 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 144 boysDCOklahoma: #64 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 281 boysOKLouisiana: #34 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 153 boysLAMississippi: #74 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 314 boysMSAlabama: #61 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 270 boysALGeorgia: #49 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 220 boysGAHawaii: #42 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 173 boysHITexas: #39 for boys · 598 births · 1 in 202 boysTXFlorida: #36 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 183 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#19 · 1 in 68
  2. New Mexico#21 · 1 in 98
  3. Arizona#22 · 1 in 107
  4. New Hampshire#28 · 1 in 91
  5. Vermont#28 · 1 in 99

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#191341 in 68
New Mexico#211201 in 98
Arizona#221261 in 107
Connecticut#282251 in 108
New Hampshire#28631 in 91
New Jersey#285141 in 112
Vermont#28411 in 99
Delaware#29391 in 122
Maryland#302251 in 136
Pennsylvania#308401 in 143
Alaska#31221 in 142
Maine#31831 in 122
Nevada#31231 in 103
Massachusetts#333531 in 154
New York#331,2421 in 140
District of Columbia#341041 in 144
Louisiana#342661 in 153
Montana#34581 in 134
Virginia#342491 in 174
Ohio#356011 in 183
Florida#362351 in 183
California#389091 in 174
Illinois#386381 in 169
Colorado#391021 in 192
Texas#395981 in 202
Michigan#415011 in 191
Hawaii#42401 in 173
Indiana#442271 in 233
Missouri#442031 in 232
Arkansas#45941 in 213
Nebraska#45731 in 219
Wyoming#47161 in 218
Georgia#492231 in 220
Washington#491251 in 249
Wisconsin#491681 in 267
Kansas#501021 in 237
South Dakota#52321 in 263
Kentucky#531431 in 256
West Virginia#53791 in 273
North Carolina#542021 in 271
South Carolina#541261 in 242
Oregon#56621 in 290
Iowa#57951 in 325
Idaho#58301 in 253
Alabama#611441 in 270
Minnesota#611121 in 349
Tennessee#611441 in 286
Oklahoma#64871 in 281
North Dakota#66251 in 309
Utah#66391 in 299
Mississippi#74921 in 314

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 1955

girls
#1,774
35 births · 1 in 55,865 girls
boys
#36
10,994 births · 1 in 187 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,774Raymond35

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #36Raymond10,994
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 55,865 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 73.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #1,733Walter36
  2. #1,733Yolonda36
  3. #1,733Zola36
  4. #1,774Raymond35
  5. #1,774Alida35
  6. #1,774Blanch35
  7. #1,774Clair35
  8. #1,803Alba34
  9. #1,803Arlinda34
  10. #1,803Arthur34

Tied with 28 names at #1,774; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 187 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #33Jerry12,975
  2. #34Frank11,109
  3. #35Peter11,003
  4. #36Raymond10,994
  5. #37Roger10,979
  6. #38Scott10,782
  7. #39Keith10,418
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →