Raywood — boys' name

What the Data Says About Raywood

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Raywood between 1928 and 1947, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raywood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raywood performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Raywood shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raywood in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raywood 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 68 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.