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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #78 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 353 boysAKMaine: #39 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 162 boysMEVermont: #45 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 186 boysVTNew Hampshire: #36 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 126 boysNHWashington: #83 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 376 boysWAIdaho: #96 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 407 boysIDMontana: #68 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 278 boysMTNorth Dakota: #116 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 640 boysNDMinnesota: #105 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 617 boysMNIllinois: #52 for boys · 349 births · 1 in 277 boysILWisconsin: #96 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 566 boysWIMichigan: #50 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 296 boysMINew York: #44 for boys · 759 births · 1 in 204 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 255 boysMARhode Island: #31 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 102 boysRIOregon: #69 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 319 boysORNevada: #40 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 173 boysNVWyoming: #67 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 251 boysWYSouth Dakota: #127 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 635 boysSDIowa: #107 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 564 boysIAIndiana: #63 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 339 boysINOhio: #52 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 262 boysOHPennsylvania: #42 for boys · 486 births · 1 in 193 boysPANew Jersey: #41 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 179 boysNJConnecticut: #44 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 184 boysCTCalifornia: #43 for boys · 800 births · 1 in 223 boysCAUtah: #119 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 587 boysUTColorado: #45 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 235 boysCONebraska: #83 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 428 boysNEMissouri: #69 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 381 boysMOKentucky: #69 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 321 boysKYWest Virginia: #62 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 298 boysWVVirginia: #47 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 245 boysVAMaryland: #42 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 191 boysMDDelaware: #41 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 186 boysDEArizona: #43 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 207 boysAZNew Mexico: #35 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 162 boysNMKansas: #81 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 416 boysKSArkansas: #77 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 357 boysARTennessee: #69 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 336 boysTNNorth Carolina: #71 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 356 boysNCSouth Carolina: #65 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 299 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #63 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 296 boysDCOklahoma: #91 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 397 boysOKLouisiana: #57 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 264 boysLAMississippi: #71 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 317 boysMSAlabama: #89 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 417 boysALGeorgia: #57 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 289 boysGAHawaii: #49 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 207 boysHITexas: #57 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 274 boysTXFlorida: #46 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 243 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#31 · 1 in 102
  2. New Mexico#35 · 1 in 162
  3. New Hampshire#36 · 1 in 126
  4. Maine#39 · 1 in 162
  5. Nevada#40 · 1 in 173

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#31731 in 102
New Mexico#35591 in 162
New Hampshire#36461 in 126
Maine#39491 in 162
Nevada#40221 in 173
Delaware#41241 in 186
New Jersey#413091 in 179
Maryland#421471 in 191
Pennsylvania#424861 in 193
Arizona#43821 in 207
California#438001 in 223
Connecticut#441261 in 184
New York#447591 in 204
Colorado#45841 in 235
Vermont#45191 in 186
Florida#462211 in 243
Massachusetts#471831 in 255
Virginia#471561 in 245
Hawaii#49321 in 207
Michigan#502751 in 296
Illinois#523491 in 277
Ohio#523701 in 262
Georgia#571561 in 289
Louisiana#571281 in 264
Texas#574181 in 274
West Virginia#62471 in 298
District of Columbia#63411 in 296
Indiana#631411 in 339
South Carolina#65781 in 299
Wyoming#67101 in 251
Montana#68191 in 278
Kentucky#69901 in 321
Missouri#691041 in 381
Oregon#69521 in 319
Tennessee#691051 in 336
Mississippi#71671 in 317
North Carolina#711281 in 356
Arkansas#77451 in 357
Alaska#7891 in 353
Kansas#81401 in 416
Nebraska#83281 in 428
Washington#83751 in 376
Alabama#89741 in 417
Oklahoma#91511 in 397
Idaho#96151 in 407
Wisconsin#96651 in 566
Minnesota#105531 in 617
Iowa#107411 in 564
North Dakota#11681 in 640
Utah#119211 in 587
South Dakota#12781 in 635

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 1970

girls
#1,736
52 births · 1 in 33,618 girls
boys
#49
6,788 births · 1 in 274 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,736Raymond52

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #49Raymond6,788
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 33,618 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 81.4% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #1,719Salena53
  2. #1,719Shanan53
  3. #1,719Sherryl53
  4. #1,736Raymond52
  5. #1,736Addie52
  6. #1,736Bobbijo52
  7. #1,736Cammy52
  8. #1,755Aisha51
  9. #1,755Andrew51
  10. #1,755Babette51

Tied with 18 names at #1,736; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 274 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.1% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #46Dennis7,312
  2. #47Bradley6,818
  3. #48Frank6,805
  4. #49Raymond6,788
  5. #50Jeffery6,701
  6. #51Chad6,628
  7. #52Aaron6,584
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →