Unisex name · since 1930
Laray
Laray has 422 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,751 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 422
- born since 1930
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Laray is the #9016 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 422 recorded since 1930.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laray has been recorded 422 times among boys since 1930, currently ranked #9016 nationally and more common than 35% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2025.
- #8,751 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,016 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 422 born since 1930
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laray ranks #8,751 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,016 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 422 born since 1930, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,751 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 422
- born since 1930
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laray's 422 recorded births place it above 80.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laray compares
422 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Laray's all-time total is 14% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laray | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 422 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Laray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laray splits its recorded history at 1985: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laray popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Laray popularity over time - girls
377 total births recorded since 1924 (Laray as girls' name)
Laray by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (92 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Laray's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Laray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 92 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Laray's data
- Laray's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (92 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~95 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, 1930–2025 (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 Laray 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.