Ray

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Ray is a given name and short form of the given name Raymond and Rachel.

From Wikipedia

Ray first appears in the data in 1958 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 27 babies (rank #461 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ray

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

508
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
27
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19581#967
19591#904
19601#1,021
19611#979
19622#919
19632#931
19642#920
19653#844
19663#861
19672#1,006
19682#1,023
19693#927
19703#920
19716#771
19725#818
19734#850
19746#753
19754#889
19766#751
19771#1,318
19781#1,338
19791#1,346
19801#1,260
19817#764
19826#806
19838#715
19847#754
19855#882
19865#894
19877#782
19888#754
19897#815
199012#681
199112#665
19929#752
19939#762
199415#633
199510#749
199619#564
199711#716
199813#681
199921#560
200017#615
200121#543
200211#753
200321#539
200427#461
200522#516
200624#484
200716#576
200810#748
200919#519
201016#573
201120#488
201211#679
20139#744
201412#637