Rayburn
Rayburn was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 2,612 Americans have been recorded with it between 1908 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,000 Americans named Rayburn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 53 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rayburn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rayburn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,710, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
90 babies in 1938, the peak
Rayburn peaked in 1938, when 90 boys were given it, #632 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #13,710 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,525 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 5 | #13,586 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,591 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | #12,028 | 2.9 |
| 2006 | 6 | #11,716 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 5 | #12,917 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,733 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,610 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,247 | 3.7 |
Every recorded year (93)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | #10,460 | 2.7 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,921 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 5 | #9,831 | 2.5 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,493 | 2.5 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,740 | 5.5 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,849 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,857 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,822 | 6.5 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,269 | 5.4 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,875 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 5 | #7,054 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,443 | 7.2 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,178 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,843 | 4.5 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,314 | 7.6 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,465 | 4.9 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,783 | 6.1 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,311 | 12.7 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,724 | 9.6 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,767 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,022 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,917 | 14.2 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,768 | 14.7 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,272 | 9.1 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,711 | 13.4 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,606 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,887 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,712 | 11.8 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,977 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,567 | 13.0 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,826 | 9.8 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,472 | 14.0 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,677 | 11.3 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,611 | 12.2 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,549 | 12.6 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,631 | 11.3 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,621 | 11.6 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,707 | 10.4 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,363 | 15.5 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,325 | 16.2 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,421 | 14.7 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,425 | 14.9 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,481 | 13.8 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,017 | 26.8 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,156 | 21.4 |
| 1948 | 50 | #997 | 28.5 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,009 | 27.9 |
| 1946 | 54 | #905 | 33.3 |
| 1945 | 45 | #964 | 33.4 |
| 1944 | 46 | #961 | 33.8 |
| 1943 | 55 | #907 | 38.5 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,020 | 31.9 |
| 1941 | 87 | #656 | 70.8 |
| 1940 | 63 | #786 | 54.3 |
| 1939 | 78 | #674 | 70.5 |
| 1938 | 90 | #632 | 81.1 |
| 1937 | 80 | #668 | 75.0 |
| 1936 | 62 | #778 | 59.8 |
| 1935 | 61 | #795 | 58.6 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,019 | 39.7 |
| 1933 | 47 | #920 | 47.4 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,122 | 35.4 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,165 | 33.7 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,364 | 26.4 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,073 | 39.0 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,142 | 35.2 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,143 | 35.5 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,106 | 37.8 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,068 | 38.5 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,242 | 30.9 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,084 | 40.1 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,136 | 36.8 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,057 | 40.9 |
| 1920 | 51 | #970 | 47.9 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,077 | 41.8 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,167 | 35.5 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,167 | 36.7 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,539 | 24.7 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,237 | 34.2 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,124 | 41.2 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,304 | 33.2 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,333 | 32.6 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,192 | 45.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rayburn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rayburn has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 93 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rayburn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rayburn, and how old are they?
1,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 2,612 Americans ever recorded as Rayburn. The median Rayburn alive today is 66 years old; half are between 53 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 1,091 people named Rayburn (5 women and girls, 1,086 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,236 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 205 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 388 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 245 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 103 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 39 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 22 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rayburn born?
The states with the most babies named Rayburn are Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, with 75% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 352 | not ranked | 5.5× |
| Texas | 276 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 120 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Arkansas | 97 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Kentucky | 78 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 24 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 19 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Oklahoma | 12 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Rayburn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rayburn is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 5.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rayburn with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rayburn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rayburn and names like it
- Compare Rayburn and GlynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sRayburn peaked in 1938.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rayburn since 1910.
- The top names of 1938The year the most babies were named Rayburn.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rayburn alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.