Boys' name · since 1974
Dray
299 babies named Dray in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,590 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dray is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 299 have been recorded since 1974.
Dray has 299 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2024.
- #10,590 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 299 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dray ranks #10,590 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 299 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,590 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dray's 299 recorded births place it above 76.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dray splits its recorded history at 2003: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2024
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Dray by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (90 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Dray's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Dray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 90 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Dray's decade-level peak was the 1990s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dray draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.