Ray

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 88 babies (rank #465 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

760
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
88
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
199615#963
199714#1,041
199814#1,041
199915#1,010
200019#877
200118#934
200216#1,065
200316#1,126
200423#928
200524#941
200627#907
200745#647
200845#676
200948#656
201046#685
201139#790
201259#601
201331#950
201475#516
201573#531
201688#465