Raiford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Raiford

The Social Security Administration has registered 594 babies named Raiford between 1913 and 1992, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raiford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raiford performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Raiford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raiford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raiford 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 594 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.