Rayfield — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rayfield

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,873 babies named Rayfield between 1896 and 2002, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rayfield currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayfield performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 333 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rayfield shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayfield in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayfield 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 1,873 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.