Raymond

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Raymond 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 1996 with 78 babies (rank #318 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

1,085

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	78	#318
1997	58	#393
1998	44	#466
1999	50	#439
2000	45	#459
2001	46	#459
2002	50	#447
2003	40	#573
2004	33	#713
2005	47	#571
2006	59	#519
2007	52	#582
2008	57	#581
2009	63	#542
2010	44	#701
2011	40	#778
2012	49	#692
2013	57	#607
2014	60	#595
2015	55	#636
2016	58	#618