Raeford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Raeford

The Social Security Administration has registered 613 babies named Raeford between 1914 and 1983, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raeford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raeford performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Raeford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 466 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raeford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raeford 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 613 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.