Rayford
Rayford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 518th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1937124 births
- Best rank
- #518in 1937
- Since 1896
- 5,511people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,511 boys have been named Rayford in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 124 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 124 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 17%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rayford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 8 | |
| 1900s | 48 | |
| 1910s | 360 | |
| 1920s | 841 | |
| 1930s | 923 | |
| 1940s | 948 | |
| 1950s | 892 | |
| 1960s | 641 | |
| 1970s | 348 | |
| 1980s | 248 | |
| 1990s | 131 | |
| 2000s | 76 | |
| 2010s | 35 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1937, its biggest year
Rayford was the 518th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1937 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1937.
Names that rose and fell with Rayford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Doylepeak 1931
- Cleophuspeak 1947
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Marvinpeak 1928
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Marlinpeak 1935
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Ozellpeak 1937
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.