first name
RAYMOND
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 364,286 people named Raymond, 68% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.9% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Raymond peaked in 1924, when 12,930 babies got the name.
At least 783,311 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Raymond by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #26. The largest share of babies named Raymond, 25.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Raymond is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raymond has been most common in Rhode Island (3.1×), Vermont (2.3×), and Maine (1.9×), and least common in Utah (0.46×).
757,371 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Raymond
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raymond, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Raymond ranks #894 of 156,621, with 38,375 people. See Raymond as a last name
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