Rayford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rayford

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,511 babies named Rayford between 1896 and 2023, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rayford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 124 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayford performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 948 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rayford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 870 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayford in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayford 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 5,511 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.