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
1919 · 11,384 births
Debut · boys
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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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.

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 1975

girls
#2,411
33 births · 1 in 44,178 girls
boys
#63
4,530 births · 1 in 345 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #2,411Raymond33

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #63Raymond4,530
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 44,178 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 77.3% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #2,357Valery34
  2. #2,357Vania34
  3. #2,357Yael34
  4. #2,411Raymond33
  5. #2,411Alessandra33
  6. #2,411Angelle33
  7. #2,411Betzaida33
  8. #2,456Aime32
  9. #2,456Antonina32
  10. #2,456Blair32

Tied with 44 names at #2,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 345 of them was named Raymond, which outranked 99.0% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raymond
  1. #60Juan4,695
  2. #61Samuel4,619
  3. #62Jamie4,573
  4. #63Raymond4,530
  5. #64Jesse4,435
  6. #65Jerry4,311
  7. #66Frank4,212
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975