Rayfield
Rayfield was last recorded in 2002, when 5 babies were given it; 1,874 Americans have been recorded with it between 1896 and 2002 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rayfield by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rayfield?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,083, in 2002; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
43 babies in 1949, the peak
Rayfield peaked in 1949, when 43 boys were given it, #1,082 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | #12,083 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,734 | 2.5 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,636 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,922 | 2.6 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,553 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,709 | 4.4 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,489 | 4.5 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,850 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,948 | 3.7 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,538 | 3.3 |
Every recorded year (98)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7 | #5,615 | 3.8 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,445 | 3.9 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,573 | 6.7 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,171 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,368 | 7.3 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,566 | 6.7 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,654 | 10.5 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,768 | 9.7 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,681 | 3.7 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,218 | 7.6 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,309 | 3.8 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,435 | 10.8 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,296 | 11.5 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,101 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,099 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,710 | 7.0 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,712 | 13.4 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,086 | 9.2 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,744 | 12.0 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,025 | 9.0 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,766 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,626 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 17 | #2,027 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,536 | 13.1 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,724 | 10.8 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,892 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,405 | 15.0 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,416 | 14.6 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,359 | 15.8 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,355 | 15.6 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,290 | 17.0 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,326 | 16.2 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,400 | 15.2 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,372 | 15.9 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,213 | 19.7 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,199 | 20.7 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,082 | 24.2 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,598 | 12.5 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,171 | 21.3 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,403 | 16.0 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,198 | 23.0 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,429 | 16.9 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,206 | 23.1 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,581 | 15.2 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,441 | 18.7 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,614 | 16.4 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,482 | 19.0 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,272 | 25.2 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,339 | 24.4 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,451 | 21.2 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,347 | 25.0 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,314 | 26.1 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,224 | 30.3 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,457 | 23.0 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,908 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,419 | 24.6 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,308 | 27.9 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,691 | 19.0 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,593 | 21.3 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,426 | 24.3 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,571 | 21.5 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,319 | 28.3 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,486 | 23.7 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,429 | 25.7 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,248 | 31.8 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,452 | 25.4 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,206 | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,811 | 18.7 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,217 | 34.6 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,198 | 34.8 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,152 | 15.3 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,536 | 26.0 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,102 | 42.9 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,130 | 41.9 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,176 | 44.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,288 | 41.2 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,639 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,340 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,502 | 34.1 |
| 1906 | 10 | #841 | 75.1 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,205 | 45.3 |
| 1904 | 11 | #752 | 85.9 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,104 | 50.3 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,175 | 47.0 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,031 | 53.2 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,263 | 40.8 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,194 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,077 | 50.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rayfield a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rayfield has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 98 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rayfield: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rayfield, and how old are they?
An estimated 774 Americans named Rayfield and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 52 and 75. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 676 people named Rayfield (0 women and girls, 676 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 912 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% 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.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rayfield
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 Rayfield and names like it
- Compare Rayfield and CollisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sRayfield peaked in 1949.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rayfield since 1910.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Rayfield.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rayfield alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.