Laray**
#5,492 most common boys' name of all time · #13,642 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1924–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,492
Rank overall
#13,642 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
799
Since 2016
61
Peak year
1984 #3,551
Best rank
#2,702 1967
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Laray first appears in 1924. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,019 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #10,037 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,955 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,157 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,368 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,372 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,826 |
| 2015 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,873 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,821 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #12,456 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,151 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,616 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,333 |
| 2004 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,778 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #6,540 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #8,883 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,420 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #9,108 |
| 1994 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,962 |
| 1993 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #8,976 |
| 1992 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #4,967 |
| 1991 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #4,304 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,247 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,283 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #4,264 |
| 1987 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #7,243 |
| 1986 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #3,508 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,969 |
| 1984 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #3,551 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,286 |
| 1982 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1981 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,551 |
| 1980 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,709 |
| 1979 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #3,901 |
| 1978 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #5,295 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,177 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,504 |
| 1974 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,851 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,352 |
| 1972 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,780 |
| 1971 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,165 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,696 |
| 1968 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,459 |
| 1967 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,702 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,721 |
| 1964 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,365 |
| 1963 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,903 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,386 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,972 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1956 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,108 |
| 1950 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,274 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,251 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,913 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,445 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | — |