Raynard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Raynard

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,060 babies named Raynard between 1912 and 2023, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raynard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 123 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raynard performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 872 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Raynard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Raynard in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raynard 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 3,060 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.