Boys' name · since 1923
Rayo
Rayo has 21 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,799 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1923
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rayo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 21 recorded since 1923.
Rayo has 21 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2024.
- #28,799 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1923
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayo ranks #28,799 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1923, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,799 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1923
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rayo's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rayo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rayo splits its recorded history at 2022: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rayo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Rayo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Rayo's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Rayo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rayo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rayo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.