Wray
Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to boys 97.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 859since 1906
Wray over time
Rank among boys' names. Wray has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
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| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
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| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,027 | 14 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Wray! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wray
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1906 at #1,253 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,631 boys born in 1906 were named Wray (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Wray (160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,253 (1906) | #1,299 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,545 (1914) | #2,191 |
| 1920s | 160 | #1,407 (1927) | #2,097 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,481 (1937) | #1,959 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,633 (1945) | #2,013 |
| 1950s | 134 | #1,746 (1950) | #2,239 |
| 1960s | 102 | #1,757 (1966) | #2,662 |
| 1970s | 41 | #2,891 (1970) | #3,988 |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,907 (1983) | #6,303 |
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.
Wray in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 102,360 of them was named Wray, which outranked 48.0% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,997Vann13
- #1,997Vernice13
- #1,997Welford13
- #2,083Wray12
- #2,083Abran12
- #2,083Alwin12
- #2,083Americo12
- #2,207Aime11
- #2,207Alven11
- #2,207Alvester11
Tied with 123 names at #2,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.