Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Raeford

#6,465 most common boys' name of all time · #16,179 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–1983

Rank among boys
#6,465
Rank overall
#16,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
613
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1941 #1,525
Best rank
#1,525 1941
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
1920194019601980

Raeford first appears in 1914. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1983 — 7 7 #5,032
1975 — 7 7 #4,443
1973 — 5 5 #5,296
1972 — 6 6 #4,600
1970 — 7 7 #3,962
1968 — 12 12 #2,505
1966 — 5 5 #4,173
1964 — 6 6 #3,786
1963 — 5 5 #4,279
1961 — 7 7 #3,483
1959 — 8 8 #3,174
1958 — 6 6 #3,739
1957 — 13 13 #2,336
1956 — 13 13 #2,328
1955 — 7 7 #3,350
1954 — 12 12 #2,412
1953 — 13 13 #2,257
1952 — 11 11 #2,471
1951 — 18 18 #1,828
1950 — 16 16 #1,926
1949 — 14 14 #2,108
1948 — 11 11 #2,410
1947 — 9 9 #2,807
1946 — 19 19 #1,685
1945 — 7 7 #2,918
1944 — 11 11 #2,283
1943 — 12 12 #2,255
1942 — 20 20 #1,620
1941 — 21 21 #1,525
1940 — 8 8 #2,810
1939 — 5 5 #3,755
1938 — 6 6 #3,409
1937 — 10 10 #2,440
1936 — 18 18 #1,635
1935 — 14 14 #2,015
1934 — 8 8 #2,917
1933 — 17 17 #1,761
1932 — 9 9 #2,800
1931 — 11 11 #2,458
1930 — 20 20 #1,691
1929 — 15 15 #2,081
1928 — 12 12 #2,499
1927 — 10 10 #2,863
1926 — 16 16 #2,069
1925 — 11 11 #2,719
1924 — 18 18 #1,961
1923 — 9 9 #3,110
1922 — 9 9 #3,191
1921 — 15 15 #2,257
1920 — 7 7 #3,700
1919 — 16 16 #2,060
1918 — 13 13 #2,388
1917 — 6 6 #3,788
1916 — 9 9 #2,895
1915 — 8 8 #3,025
1914 — 5 5 #3,701