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.

Ray

#180 most common boys' name of all time · #377 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#180
Rank overall
#377 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
210,307
Since 2016
3,457
Peak year
1926 #57
Best rank
#49 1891
Girls Boys peak 3,529/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ray is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 319 338 #791
2024 28 323 351 #777
2023 26 338 364 #763
2022 29 332 361 #760
2021 27 283 310 #840
2020 22 343 365 #724
2019 17 328 345 #735
2018 21 330 351 #727
2017 21 306 327 #767
2016 21 324 345 #750
2015 10 349 359 #712
2014 9 329 338 #728
2013 11 363 374 #665
2012 5 327 332 #719
2011 — 347 347 #678
2010 — 364 364 #659
2009 5 366 371 #669
2008 6 374 380 #651
2007 — 384 384 #633
2006 — 451 451 #557
2005 8 420 428 #563
2004 — 391 391 #577
2003 — 336 336 #617
2002 9 377 386 #578
2001 6 360 366 #573
2000 6 435 441 #516
1999 12 414 426 #513
1998 — 446 446 #489
1997 8 443 451 #483
1996 — 445 445 #483
1995 — 495 495 #454
1994 10 564 574 #405
1993 8 562 570 #412
1992 12 582 594 #394
1991 5 695 700 #349
1990 9 755 764 #328
1989 10 722 732 #326
1988 15 744 759 #305
1987 15 769 784 #283
1986 6 738 744 #284
1985 10 768 778 #271
1984 7 766 773 #273
1983 13 764 777 #272
1982 16 866 882 #254
1981 10 855 865 #255
1980 10 843 853 #261
1979 18 824 842 #258
1978 24 793 817 #255
1977 18 807 825 #251
1976 15 850 865 #238
1975 21 895 916 #228
1974 13 955 968 #220
1973 21 1,046 1,067 #207
1972 17 1,178 1,195 #197
1971 27 1,267 1,294 #196
1970 26 1,462 1,488 #186
1969 24 1,522 1,546 #182
1968 24 1,593 1,617 #170
1967 18 1,616 1,634 #165
1966 28 1,825 1,853 #155
1965 24 2,092 2,116 #147
1964 23 2,280 2,303 #142
1963 44 2,581 2,625 #131
1962 33 2,675 2,708 #132
1961 32 2,920 2,952 #126
1960 32 3,079 3,111 #121
1959 46 3,219 3,265 #121
1958 50 3,188 3,238 #121
1957 42 3,410 3,452 #111
1956 53 3,230 3,283 #113
1955 37 3,070 3,107 #113
1954 43 2,976 3,019 #118
1953 49 2,815 2,864 #115
1952 39 2,690 2,729 #113
1951 42 2,678 2,720 #114
1950 32 2,636 2,668 #110
1949 40 2,710 2,750 #109
1948 48 3,134 3,182 #100
1947 37 3,379 3,416 #97
1946 48 3,169 3,217 #95
1945 40 2,740 2,780 #92
1944 46 2,904 2,950 #86
1943 43 3,063 3,106 #84
1942 48 3,067 3,115 #84
1941 34 2,695 2,729 #83
1940 47 2,795 2,842 #77
1939 45 2,709 2,754 #74
1938 44 2,881 2,925 #72
1937 49 2,725 2,774 #71
1936 64 2,939 3,003 #64
1935 74 3,070 3,144 #64
1934 68 3,177 3,245 #63
1933 68 3,032 3,100 #62
1932 72 3,263 3,335 #59
1931 83 3,161 3,244 #60
1930 102 3,254 3,356 #57
1929 116 3,174 3,290 #57
1928 95 3,248 3,343 #57
1927 108 3,253 3,361 #60
1926 120 3,409 3,529 #57
1925 97 3,219 3,316 #64
1924 122 3,369 3,491 #60
1923 120 3,161 3,281 #61
1922 96 3,051 3,147 #65
1921 133 3,075 3,208 #67
1920 138 3,086 3,224 #67
1919 126 2,722 2,848 #69
1918 162 2,763 2,925 #69
1917 133 2,426 2,559 #74
1916 132 2,334 2,466 #73
1915 126 2,365 2,491 #67
1914 108 1,657 1,765 #74
1913 67 1,328 1,395 #73
1912 60 1,050 1,110 #77
1911 63 602 665 #71
1910 56 545 601 #67
1909 50 475 525 #66
1908 43 446 489 #67
1907 38 475 513 #60
1906 44 421 465 #60
1905 43 424 467 #60
1904 30 432 462 #55
1903 34 397 431 #55
1902 40 391 431 #57
1901 17 338 355 #59
1900 35 457 492 #55
1899 33 315 348 #61
1898 31 394 425 #56
1897 44 397 441 #51
1896 35 426 461 #50
1895 28 380 408 #56
1894 40 379 419 #57
1893 35 378 413 #56
1892 38 385 423 #57
1891 36 360 396 #49
1890 44 349 393 #56
1889 30 355 385 #54
1888 29 331 360 #63
1887 22 258 280 #66
1886 21 271 292 #67
1885 25 237 262 #74
1884 22 232 254 #77
1883 10 202 212 #78
1882 15 195 210 #82
1881 11 148 159 #86
1880 8 142 150 #96