Rayo — #12488 US boys' name
21 babies named Rayo in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Rayo was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Rayo in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rayo
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Rayo between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rayo currently holds the #12488 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayo performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rayo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rayo 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 21 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.
Rayo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rayo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1923
- Peak year (2017)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
Currently ranks #12488 among boys.
21 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 6 births in a single year.
Rayo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 10 births that decade — 48% of Rayo's all-time total
Rayo decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rayo's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.