Raymond

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Raymond first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 43 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 525 babies (rank #17 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Raymond

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Raymond yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

9,718

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

525

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain: Raymond Dufayel — the 'glass man' painter next door

Famous people named Raymond

Raymond Chandlercrime fiction writer · b. 1888
Raymond Poincaréjournalist · b. 1860
Raymond Davis Jr.university teacher · b. 1914
Raymond Aronopinion journalist · b. 1905
Raymond Queneaulibrettist · b. 1903

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Other boys' names starting with R

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	525	#17
1953	491	#22
1954	436	#24
1955	402	#29
1956	380	#28
1957	394	#27
1958	334	#30
1959	340	#31
1960	455	#34
1961	465	#33
1962	397	#41
1963	370	#41
1964	346	#42
1965	306	#41
1966	333	#37
1967	286	#47
1968	250	#56
1969	266	#52
1970	240	#56
1971	237	#61
1972	204	#68
1973	179	#73
1974	208	#64
1975	162	#73
1976	144	#81
1977	149	#82
1978	138	#82
1979	138	#82
1980	128	#85
1981	130	#91
1982	138	#80
1983	54	#106
1984	140	#80
1985	129	#83
1986	128	#82
1987	42	#107
1988	82	#95
1989	77	#99
1991	82	#99
2014	3	#472
2015	2	#704
2016	6	#275
2017	2	#741