Raye*
#3,772 most common girls' name of all time · #6,448 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1889–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#3,772
Rank overall
#6,448 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
2,603
Since 2016
145
Peak year
1956 #1,274
Best rank
#1,162 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 74/yr
Raye first appears in 1889. 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 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,563 |
| 2024 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,618 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,274 |
| 2022 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,002 |
| 2021 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,041 |
| 2020 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,100 |
| 2019 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,043 |
| 2018 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,427 |
| 2017 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,806 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,825 |
| 2015 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,184 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,609 |
| 2012 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,141 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,380 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,557 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,572 |
| 2002 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,275 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,225 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,226 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,840 |
| 1998 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,050 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,059 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,867 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,841 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,847 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,527 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,537 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,013 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,289 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,089 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,454 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,038 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,188 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,766 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,216 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,362 |
| 1982 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #6,935 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,361 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,365 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,367 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,245 |
| 1977 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #5,928 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,638 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,529 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,811 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,498 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,827 |
| 1971 | 28 | 8 | 36 | #2,606 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,717 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,599 |
| 1968 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,253 |
| 1967 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,503 |
| 1966 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,601 |
| 1965 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #2,760 |
| 1964 | 38 | 8 | 46 | #1,923 |
| 1963 | 36 | 9 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1962 | 45 | 8 | 53 | #1,695 |
| 1961 | 46 | 5 | 51 | #1,674 |
| 1960 | 37 | 6 | 43 | #1,868 |
| 1959 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,774 |
| 1958 | 41 | 6 | 47 | #1,691 |
| 1957 | 49 | 8 | 57 | #1,536 |
| 1956 | 67 | 7 | 74 | #1,274 |
| 1955 | 52 | 5 | 57 | #1,390 |
| 1954 | 43 | 9 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1953 | 42 | 12 | 54 | #1,515 |
| 1952 | 45 | 8 | 53 | #1,442 |
| 1951 | 36 | 6 | 42 | #1,593 |
| 1950 | 42 | 7 | 49 | #1,417 |
| 1949 | 32 | 8 | 40 | #1,671 |
| 1948 | 35 | 15 | 50 | #1,589 |
| 1947 | 36 | 5 | 41 | #1,586 |
| 1946 | 42 | 10 | 52 | #1,345 |
| 1945 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #1,300 |
| 1944 | 41 | 5 | 46 | #1,245 |
| 1943 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #1,282 |
| 1942 | 32 | 8 | 40 | #1,453 |
| 1941 | 22 | 11 | 33 | #1,719 |
| 1940 | 22 | 7 | 29 | #1,698 |
| 1939 | 25 | 10 | 35 | #1,531 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,452 |
| 1937 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #1,809 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,765 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1934 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #1,858 |
| 1933 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,575 |
| 1932 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #1,655 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,349 |
| 1930 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #2,237 |
| 1929 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #2,349 |
| 1928 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #1,855 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,194 |
| 1926 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #1,904 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,910 |
| 1924 | 20 | 6 | 26 | #2,019 |
| 1923 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,860 |
| 1922 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #2,220 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,741 |
| 1920 | 26 | 5 | 31 | #1,647 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,429 |
| 1918 | 20 | 7 | 27 | #1,919 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,580 |
| 1916 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #1,662 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,421 |
| 1914 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #1,702 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,961 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,162 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,613 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,310 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,768 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,579 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,838 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,764 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,702 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,035 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,833 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,487 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,276 |