Elray
#9,226 most common boys' name of all time · #23,315 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–1978
Rank among boys
#9,226
Rank overall
#23,315 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
327
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1940 #1,882
Best rank
#1,882 1940
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Elray first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,987 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,513 |
| 1964 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,266 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,862 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,288 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,782 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,757 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,413 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,895 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,487 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,552 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,562 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,749 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,297 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,110 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,372 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,066 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,163 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,474 |
| 1940 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,882 |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,043 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,823 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,652 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,459 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1933 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,718 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,315 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,670 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,997 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,535 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,587 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,679 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,210 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,132 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,792 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,561 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,951 |