Rayford

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Rayford first appears in the U.S. data in 1896 and has been recorded in 114 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1937 with 124 babies (rank #518 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been rising over the last five years.
5,511
Total babies (all years)
114
Years in the data
124
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18968#882
19006#1,279
19015#1,177
19035#1,271
19065#1,380
19078#1,072
19086#1,342
190913#831
19107#1,398
191113#969
191223#962
191328#947
191429#1,071
191544#950
191627#1,327
191750#905
191860#854
191979#714
192073#780
192171#811
192280#740
192378#743
192481#742
192598#643
192683#697
192792#666
192895#641
192990#653
193090#652
193180#671
193296#604
193378#666
193493#622
193591#615
193682#642
1937124#518
1938101#585
193988#627
194096#606
194184#669
194292#676
1943103#627
1944111#584
194577#697
194699#651
1947105#676
194891#702
194990#726
195099#689
195196#710
1952111#659
195387#764
195496#738
195589#777
195693#769
195782#839
195883#827
195956#1,031
196076#873
196169#923
196279#852
196361#969
196464#954
196556#993
196657#965
196771#855
196858#966
196950#1,105
197040#1,331
197152#1,144
197243#1,283
197324#1,864
197435#1,496
197536#1,497
197623#2,098
197731#1,734
197829#1,824
197935#1,661
198024#2,204
198130#1,891
198234#1,727
198322#2,323
198431#1,832
198518#2,800
198626#2,212
198722#2,536
198821#2,749
198920#3,066
199022#2,940
199123#2,896
199217#3,710
19938#6,687
199411#5,379
19957#7,611
199612#5,116
199710#5,997
199810#6,192
199911#5,958
20006#10,051
200114#5,341
200212#5,994
200410#7,396
200511#7,005
20067#10,403
20076#12,035
200810#8,154
20106#11,862
20115#13,870
20125#13,762
20136#11,834
20147#10,475
20176#11,881
20216#11,810
20236#11,929