Raymond — #379 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raymond

The Social Security Administration has registered 778,955 babies named Raymond between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raymond currently holds the #379 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 12,872 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raymond performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124,213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Raymond shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 74,944 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Raymond in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raymond 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 778,955 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.