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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 225,120 of them was named Wray, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 115,097 of them was named Wray, which outranked 47.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,042Victory13
- #2,042Vidal13
- #2,042Wiliam13
- #2,145Wray12
- #2,145Alger12
- #2,145Alpheus12
- #2,145Americo12
- #2,268Addis11
- #2,268Aldon11
- #2,268Alejos11
Tied with 122 names at #2,145; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.