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Raymond

Boys' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~374,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#394 among boys
Births in 2025
807 783,311 since 1880
Typical age
61 years, median

Raymond popularity over time

Raymond rank by birth year, 1880–2025Raymond ranked #87 in 1880 and #394 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1919.#100#394best #14 in 191918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Raymond was used most in 1924, when 12,930 babies were given the name. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Raymond has spent 112 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #394, with 807 births that year. The ten-year change is -42%. It slipped 15 places against the previous year.

Babies named Raymond per yearPeaks at 12,930 births in 1924.12,930 in 1924018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Raymond?

Roughly 374,000 Raymonds are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 783,311 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Raymond?

Median age among living Raymonds: 61. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Raymond a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Raymond

Ages of living people named RaymondHalf of living Raymonds are older than 61 and half younger.median 61020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Raymond is most common

Relative to births, New Mexico carries 2.2× the national share of Raymonds. Alaska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin follow.

Where Raymond is used more than average5 states use the name Raymond more than the national average.Alaska: 2.0× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 1.7× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: 1.6× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.8× the national ratePANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 2.2× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Raymond is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 81 2.2×
Alaska 28 2.0×
Pennsylvania 562 1.8×
Wisconsin 230 1.7×
Iowa 127 1.6×

Raymond in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Raymond ranked #627 in 2025 on 59 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Raymond comes from

From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą + *mundō. Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Raymond

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Raymond Chandler American novelist and screenwriter 1888–1959 88
Raymond Poincaré French statesman and lawyer, President of France 1860–1934 79
Raymond Davis Jr. American scientist 1914–2006 65
Raymond Aron French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist 1905–1983 62
Raymond Queneau French novelist and poet 1903–1976 59
Raymond Kopa French footballer 1931–2017 57
Raymond Carver penman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose writer, teacher, short story writer 1938–1988 55
Raymond Domenech French football manager 1952 49
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,096 in 1911 to 4,382 in 1912 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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