Boys' name · since 1990
Rayshod
26 babies named Rayshod in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,051 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rayshod is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 1990.
Rayshod has 26 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2006.
- #27,051 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayshod ranks #27,051 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,051 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rayshod's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rayshod's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rayshod's full recorded timeline at 2001, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rayshod popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2006
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Rayshod by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (15 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Rayshod's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Rayshod births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 15 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rayshod: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
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, 1990–2006 (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 Rayshod 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.