Dray — #11173 US boys' name
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.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Dray was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Dray in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dray
The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Dray between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dray currently holds the #11173 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dray performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dray shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dray in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 299 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dray at a glance
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Current rank
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Dray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #11173 among boys.
299 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 18 births in a single year.
Dray by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 90 births that decade — 30% of Dray's all-time total
Dray decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dray's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.