Names / Boy names
Raymond
Current rank
#395
and easing
All-time peak
#14
in 1919
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
783,300
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #14 in 1919 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Wise protector. It was first recorded in American naming data in 1880. It currently ranks #395 and is slowly cooling. Its strongest year was 1919, at #14 nationally. Over 783,300 have carried it since records began.