Raydell — boys' name
151 babies named Raydell in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Raydell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Raydell in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raydell
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Raydell between 1950 and 2016, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raydell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Raydell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1928.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raydell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Raydell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raydell 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 151 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.
Raydell at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
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Raydell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1950
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
151 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 9 births in a single year.
Raydell popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1928 (Raydell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Raydell accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Raydell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 40 births that decade — 26% of Raydell's all-time total
Raydell decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raydell's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% 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, 1950–2016 (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.