Raydon — #12619 US boys' name
311 babies named Raydon in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Raydon was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Raydon in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raydon
The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Raydon between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raydon currently holds the #12619 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raydon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Raydon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raydon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raydon 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 311 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.
Raydon at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Raydon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (2018)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #12619 among boys.
311 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 22 births in a single year.
Raydon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 152 births that decade — 49% of Raydon's all-time total
Raydon decade highlights
- Peak decade 152 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Raydon's strongest decade
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Raydon by state
Where Raydon concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.5% |
11 of 311 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1971–2024 (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.