Popularity of the name Raymond, 1880–2025
Raymond was at its most popular in 1919, when 11,384 boys were given the name: about 1 in 86 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #14. In 2025, 807 boys were named Raymond, ranking #394. In all, Social Security counts 779,794 boys named Raymond since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 3,517 girls named Raymond.
- Peak year
- 1919
- Rank in 1919
- #14
- Babies in 1919
- 11,384
- Rank in 2025
- #394
- Total since 1880
- 779,794
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has slipped from #259 in 2015 to #394 in 2025, with 1,386 boys named Raymond in 2015 and 807 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Raymond ranked highest in the 1920s, at #15, with 124,212 boys given the name that decade. It ranked #57 in the 1880s and #349 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 165 in 1880 (#87), 1,150 in 1900 (#23), 12,193 in 1920 (#15), 9,567 in 1940 (#22), 9,720 in 1960 (#46), 4,578 in 1980 (#66), 2,404 in 2000 (#162) and 1,062 in 2020 (#311).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 12,873, in 1924. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more boys for 1924 than for 1919, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank, #14, came in its peak year.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Raymond, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 165 | #87 |
| 1881 | 195 | #74 |
| 1882 | 230 | #78 |
| 1883 | 233 | #68 |
| 1884 | 299 | #62 |
| 1885 | 308 | #58 |
| 1886 | 353 | #52 |
| 1887 | 372 | #47 |
| 1888 | 469 | #45 |
| 1889 | 511 | #37 |
| 1890 | 546 | #36 |
| 1891 | 575 | #30 |
| 1892 | 681 | #31 |
| 1893 | 703 | #29 |
| 1894 | 767 | #27 |
| 1895 | 806 | #26 |
| 1896 | 859 | #24 |
| 1897 | 837 | #22 |
| 1898 | 929 | #23 |
| 1899 | 869 | #22 |
| 1900 | 1,150 | #23 |
| 1901 | 888 | #22 |
| 1902 | 1,064 | #21 |
| 1903 | 1,051 | #21 |
| 1904 | 1,093 | #22 |
| 1905 | 1,159 | #21 |
| 1906 | 1,133 | #21 |
| 1907 | 1,290 | #21 |
| 1908 | 1,381 | #20 |
| 1909 | 1,441 | #20 |
| 1910 | 1,737 | #19 |
| 1911 | 2,088 | #19 |
| 1912 | 4,374 | #18 |
| 1913 | 5,310 | #18 |
| 1914 | 6,821 | #16 |
| 1915 | 8,981 | #16 |
| 1916 | 9,565 | #16 |
| 1917 | 9,956 | #16 |
| 1918 | 11,604 | #15 |
| 1919 | 11,384 | #14 |
| 1920 | 12,193 | #15 |
| 1921 | 12,645 | #16 |
| 1922 | 12,129 | #16 |
| 1923 | 12,460 | #15 |
| 1924 | 12,873 | #15 |
| 1925 | 12,441 | #15 |
| 1926 | 12,809 | #15 |
| 1927 | 12,807 | #15 |
| 1928 | 11,946 | #16 |
| 1929 | 11,909 | #15 |
| 1930 | 11,714 | #16 |
| 1931 | 10,854 | #17 |
| 1932 | 10,346 | #19 |
| 1933 | 9,512 | #19 |
| 1934 | 9,588 | #19 |
| 1935 | 9,564 | #17 |
| 1936 | 9,459 | #17 |
| 1937 | 9,571 | #19 |
| 1938 | 9,725 | #20 |
| 1939 | 9,252 | #22 |
| 1940 | 9,567 | #22 |
| 1941 | 9,951 | #22 |
| 1942 | 11,116 | #24 |
| 1943 | 11,391 | #22 |
| 1944 | 10,635 | #22 |
| 1945 | 9,858 | #23 |
| 1946 | 11,289 | #25 |
| 1947 | 12,352 | #27 |
| 1948 | 11,612 | #27 |
| 1949 | 11,305 | #30 |
| 1950 | 11,180 | #31 |
| 1951 | 11,227 | #32 |
| 1952 | 11,235 | #33 |
| 1953 | 11,110 | #34 |
| 1954 | 11,242 | #35 |
| 1955 | 10,994 | #36 |
| 1956 | 11,108 | #39 |
| 1957 | 10,810 | #39 |
| 1958 | 10,226 | #43 |
| 1959 | 9,796 | #45 |
| 1960 | 9,720 | #46 |
| 1961 | 9,618 | #48 |
| 1962 | 9,070 | #48 |
| 1963 | 8,780 | #45 |
| 1964 | 8,592 | #44 |
| 1965 | 8,051 | #45 |
| 1966 | 7,376 | #47 |
| 1967 | 7,065 | #48 |
| 1968 | 6,883 | #50 |
| 1969 | 6,638 | #50 |
| 1970 | 6,788 | #49 |
| 1971 | 6,104 | #52 |
| 1972 | 5,443 | #54 |
| 1973 | 4,831 | #60 |
| 1974 | 4,577 | #62 |
| 1975 | 4,530 | #63 |
| 1976 | 4,218 | #65 |
| 1977 | 4,372 | #65 |
| 1978 | 4,134 | #69 |
| 1979 | 4,335 | #70 |
| 1980 | 4,578 | #66 |
| 1981 | 4,367 | #68 |
| 1982 | 4,294 | #70 |
| 1983 | 4,016 | #71 |
| 1984 | 3,971 | #73 |
| 1985 | 4,085 | #75 |
| 1986 | 4,055 | #77 |
| 1987 | 3,996 | #79 |
| 1988 | 4,036 | #84 |
| 1989 | 4,106 | #86 |
| 1990 | 4,062 | #92 |
| 1991 | 3,865 | #97 |
| 1992 | 3,587 | #104 |
| 1993 | 3,330 | #108 |
| 1994 | 3,143 | #115 |
| 1995 | 2,920 | #124 |
| 1996 | 2,816 | #132 |
| 1997 | 2,705 | #138 |
| 1998 | 2,644 | #141 |
| 1999 | 2,649 | #144 |
| 2000 | 2,404 | #162 |
| 2001 | 2,342 | #163 |
| 2002 | 2,186 | #176 |
| 2003 | 2,057 | #187 |
| 2004 | 2,060 | #186 |
| 2005 | 1,971 | #196 |
| 2006 | 2,045 | #194 |
| 2007 | 1,965 | #201 |
| 2008 | 1,780 | #215 |
| 2009 | 1,650 | #220 |
| 2010 | 1,587 | #224 |
| 2011 | 1,533 | #233 |
| 2012 | 1,463 | #250 |
| 2013 | 1,349 | #264 |
| 2014 | 1,411 | #263 |
| 2015 | 1,386 | #259 |
| 2016 | 1,280 | #284 |
| 2017 | 1,208 | #293 |
| 2018 | 1,164 | #299 |
| 2019 | 1,025 | #325 |
| 2020 | 1,062 | #311 |
| 2021 | 991 | #331 |
| 2022 | 970 | #343 |
| 2023 | 906 | #360 |
| 2024 | 864 | #379 |
| 2025 | 807 | #394 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.