Meaning not yet researched.
Raymond: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 807 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 1919.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 1919; #395 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Raymond in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#395 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1919, at #14.
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Raymond: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 807 boys in 2025. Peak: #14 in 1919 · most boys in one year: 12,873 (1924).
In 2025, 807 US boys were named Raymond, making it the 395th most common boys’ name of the year, down 15 places from #380 in 2024. That is 57 fewer than the 864 boys named Raymond in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #14, reached in 1919. The most boys given the name in a single year was 12,873, in 1924. For comparison, it was #260 in 2015 and #31 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Raymond in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 165 babies with the name. In all, 783,311 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 124,863 babies named Raymond.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,277 US boys were named Raymond; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,280. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,117 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Raymond ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #240 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ray (210,307 babies since 1880), Ramon (77,964 babies since 1880), Raymundo (9,493 babies since 1880) and Raymon (7,985 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ramond, Redmond and Reymond are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ray.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ramond (1,813), Redmond (819), Reymond (653), Raymund (574), Raymondo (369), Raimundo (288), Raymound (156), Raymonde (97), Raymand (58), Raimon (27), Raimond (27), Raemond (26), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 11 | #240 | #313 |
| Montana | 5 | #277 | — |
| West Virginia | 7 | #288 | — |
| Washington | 26 | #297 | #307 |
| Pennsylvania | 38 | #303 | #202 |
| Iowa | 13 | #303 | #500 |
| New Jersey | 28 | #310 | #198 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #314 | #234 |
| California | 111 | #327 | #188 |
| Michigan | 28 | #328 | #225 |
| Ohio | 35 | #331 | #229 |
| Florida | 54 | #367 | #240 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | #375 | #215 |
| Missouri | 17 | #389 | #433 |
| New York | 45 | #391 | #184 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #391 | #473 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #408 | #293 |
| Minnesota | 14 | #412 | #265 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #414 | #227 |
| Colorado | 15 | #415 | #332 |
| Idaho | 6 | #423 | — |
| Oregon | 9 | #432 | #315 |
| Louisiana | 11 | #444 | #283 |
| Indiana | 16 | #449 | #353 |
| Kansas | 8 | #458 | #416 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #476 | #333 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #482 | #244 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #484 | #584 |
| Virginia | 16 | #491 | #303 |
| Utah | 9 | #507 | #499 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #515 | #449 |
| Alabama | 10 | #516 | #361 |
| Texas | 65 | #518 | #307 |
| Arizona | 14 | #519 | #304 |
| Illinois | 19 | #528 | #305 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #603 | #369 |
| Georgia | 17 | #615 | #371 |
| Maryland | 8 | #619 | #264 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 807 | #395 |
| 2024 | — | — | 864 | #380 |
| 2023 | — | — | 906 | #360 |
| 2022 | — | — | 970 | #343 |
| 2021 | — | — | 991 | #331 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,062 | #311 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,025 | #325 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,164 | #299 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,208 | #293 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,280 | #284 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,386 | #260 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,411 | #263 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,349 | #264 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,463 | #250 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,533 | #233 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,587 | #224 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,650 | #220 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,780 | #215 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,965 | #201 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,045 | #194 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,002 | 1,971 | #196 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,645 | 2,060 | #186 |
| 2003 | — | — | 2,057 | #187 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,502 | 2,186 | #176 |
| 2001 | — | — | 2,342 | #163 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,546 | 2,404 | #162 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,017 | 2,649 | #144 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,914 | 2,644 | #141 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,566 | 2,705 | #138 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,302 | 2,816 | #132 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,469 | 2,920 | #124 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,987 | 3,143 | #115 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,336 | 3,330 | #108 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,421 | 3,587 | #104 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,339 | 3,865 | #97 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,227 | 4,062 | #92 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,475 | 4,106 | #86 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,991 | 4,036 | #84 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,644 | 3,996 | #79 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,331 | 4,055 | #77 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,064 | 4,085 | #75 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,828 | 3,971 | #73 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,765 | 4,016 | #71 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,815 | 4,294 | #70 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,834 | 4,367 | #68 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,734 | 4,578 | #66 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,567 | 4,335 | #70 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,296 | 4,134 | #69 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,994 | 4,372 | #65 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,328 | 4,218 | #65 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,444 | 4,530 | #63 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,903 | 4,577 | #62 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,801 | 4,831 | #60 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,985 | 5,443 | #54 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,027 | 6,104 | #52 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,750 | 6,788 | #49 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,865 | 6,638 | #50 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,620 | 6,883 | #50 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,777 | 7,065 | #48 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,815 | 7,376 | #47 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,908 | 8,051 | #45 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,829 | 8,592 | #44 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,859 | 8,780 | #45 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,645 | 9,070 | #48 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,608 | 9,618 | #48 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,668 | 9,720 | #46 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,638 | 9,796 | #45 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,846 | 10,226 | #43 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,742 | 10,810 | #39 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,925 | 11,108 | #39 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,794 | 10,994 | #36 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,823 | 11,242 | #35 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,484 | 11,110 | #34 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,815 | 11,235 | #33 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,573 | 11,227 | #32 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,520 | 11,180 | #31 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,591 | 11,305 | #30 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,513 | 11,612 | #27 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,688 | 12,352 | #27 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,476 | 11,289 | #25 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,277 | 9,858 | #23 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,268 | 10,635 | #22 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,301 | 11,391 | #22 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,319 | 11,116 | #24 |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,060 | 9,951 | #22 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,462 | 9,567 | #22 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,036 | 9,252 | #22 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,285 | 9,725 | #20 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,176 | 9,571 | #19 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,163 | 9,459 | #17 |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,014 | 9,564 | #17 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,143 | 9,588 | #19 |
| 1933 | 54 | #932 | 9,512 | #19 |
| 1932 | 53 | #976 | 10,346 | #19 |
| 1931 | 71 | #810 | 10,854 | #17 |
| 1930 | 59 | #954 | 11,714 | #16 |
| 1929 | 76 | #813 | 11,909 | #15 |
| 1928 | 104 | #688 | 11,946 | #16 |
| 1927 | 92 | #755 | 12,807 | #15 |
| 1926 | 73 | #871 | 12,809 | #15 |
| 1925 | 56 | #1,007 | 12,441 | #15 |
| 1924 | 57 | #1,025 | 12,873 | #15 |
| 1923 | 54 | #1,033 | 12,460 | #15 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,057 | 12,129 | #16 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,123 | 12,645 | #16 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,229 | 12,193 | #15 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,293 | 11,384 | #14 |
| 1918 | 47 | #1,071 | 11,604 | #15 |
| 1917 | 50 | #994 | 9,956 | #16 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,096 | 9,565 | #16 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,284 | 8,981 | #16 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,220 | 6,821 | #16 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,457 | 5,310 | #18 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,316 | 4,374 | #18 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,929 | 2,088 | #19 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,606 | 1,737 | #19 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,173 | 1,441 | #20 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,651 | 1,381 | #21 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,613 | 1,290 | #21 |
| 1906 | — | — | 1,133 | #21 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,884 | 1,159 | #21 |
| 1904 | — | — | 1,093 | #22 |
| 1903 | — | — | 1,051 | #21 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,197 | 1,064 | #21 |
| 1901 | — | — | 888 | #22 |
| 1900 | — | — | 1,150 | #23 |
| 1899 | — | — | 869 | #22 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,657 | 929 | #23 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,750 | 837 | #22 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,552 | 859 | #24 |
| 1895 | — | — | 806 | #26 |
| 1894 | — | — | 767 | #27 |
| 1893 | — | — | 703 | #29 |
| 1892 | — | — | 681 | #31 |
| 1891 | — | — | 575 | #30 |
| 1890 | — | — | 546 | #36 |
| 1889 | — | — | 511 | #37 |
| 1888 | — | — | 469 | #45 |
| 1887 | — | — | 372 | #47 |
| 1886 | — | — | 353 | #52 |
| 1885 | — | — | 308 | #58 |
| 1884 | — | — | 299 | #62 |
| 1883 | — | — | 233 | #68 |
| 1882 | — | — | 230 | #78 |
| 1881 | — | — | 195 | #74 |
| 1880 | — | — | 165 | #87 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).