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.

Raiford

#6,593 most common boys' name of all time · #16,523 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1992

Rank among boys
#6,593
Rank overall
#16,523 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
594
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1931 #1,830
Best rank
#1,830 1931
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
1920194019601980

Raiford first appears in 1913. 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
1992 — 5 5 #8,587
1985 — 7 7 #5,277
1984 — 6 6 #5,707
1979 — 5 5 #6,241
1977 — 6 6 #5,277
1975 — 6 6 #4,947
1973 — 5 5 #5,264
1971 — 7 7 #4,100
1970 — 6 6 #4,370
1969 — 7 7 #3,710
1968 — 7 7 #3,483
1966 — 6 6 #3,687
1965 — 5 5 #4,093
1963 — 6 6 #3,806
1961 — 6 6 #3,809
1960 — 9 9 #2,981
1958 — 8 8 #3,150
1957 — 9 9 #2,933
1956 — 12 12 #2,440
1955 — 8 8 #3,088
1954 — 13 13 #2,277
1953 — 5 5 #4,023
1952 — 9 9 #2,800
1951 — 14 14 #2,114
1950 — 14 14 #2,085
1949 — 7 7 #3,169
1948 — 15 15 #2,013
1947 — 10 10 #2,618
1946 — 12 12 #2,230
1945 — 8 8 #2,690
1944 — 11 11 #2,274
1943 — 11 11 #2,371
1942 — 16 16 #1,858
1941 — 15 15 #1,893
1940 — 6 6 #3,323
1939 — 8 8 #2,759
1938 — 14 14 #1,967
1937 — 8 8 #2,834
1936 — 8 8 #2,783
1935 — 12 12 #2,222
1934 — 11 11 #2,362
1933 — 8 8 #2,916
1932 — 10 10 #2,602
1931 — 17 17 #1,830
1930 — 9 9 #2,947
1929 — 12 12 #2,419
1928 — 15 15 #2,151
1927 — 9 9 #3,062
1926 — 8 8 #3,281
1925 — 13 13 #2,416
1924 — 13 13 #2,454
1923 — 10 10 #2,900
1922 — 11 11 #2,764
1921 — 10 10 #2,941
1920 — 9 9 #3,108
1919 — 9 9 #3,034
1918 — 16 16 #2,070
1917 — 13 13 #2,269
1916 — 15 15 #2,036
1915 — 9 9 #2,781
1914 — 10 10 #2,258
1913 — 5 5 #3,214