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.

Rayford

#1,637 most common boys' name of all time · #3,971 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1896–2025

Rank among boys
#1,637
Rank overall
#3,971 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
5,516
Since 2016
23
Peak year
1937 #520
Best rank
#520 1937
Girls Boys peak 124/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rayford first appears in 1896. 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
2025 — 5 5 #12,065
2023 — 6 6 #10,878
2021 — 6 6 #10,868
2017 — 6 6 #10,848
2014 — 7 7 #9,694
2013 — 6 6 #10,770
2012 — 5 5 #12,328
2011 — 5 5 #12,350
2010 — 6 6 #10,824
2008 — 10 10 #7,737
2007 — 6 6 #10,970
2006 — 7 7 #9,634
2005 — 11 11 #6,667
2004 — 10 10 #7,013
2002 — 12 12 #5,751
2001 — 14 14 #5,159
2000 — 6 6 #9,186
1999 — 11 11 #5,690
1998 — 10 10 #5,878
1997 — 10 10 #5,675
1996 — 12 12 #4,904
1995 — 7 7 #7,048
1994 — 11 11 #5,139
1993 — 8 8 #6,273
1992 — 17 17 #3,628
1991 — 23 23 #2,837
1990 — 22 22 #2,880
1989 — 20 20 #3,005
1988 — 21 21 #2,698
1987 — 22 22 #2,485
1986 — 26 26 #2,172
1985 — 18 18 #2,737
1984 — 31 31 #1,809
1983 — 22 22 #2,286
1982 — 34 34 #1,708
1981 — 30 30 #1,873
1980 — 24 24 #2,171
1979 — 35 35 #1,644
1978 — 29 29 #1,806
1977 — 31 31 #1,721
1976 — 23 23 #2,070
1975 — 36 36 #1,488
1974 — 35 35 #1,480
1973 — 24 24 #1,836
1972 — 43 43 #1,269
1971 — 52 52 #1,146
1970 — 40 40 #1,327
1969 — 50 50 #1,105
1968 — 58 58 #965
1967 — 71 71 #852
1966 — 57 57 #965
1965 — 56 56 #991
1964 — 64 64 #955
1963 — 61 61 #965
1962 — 79 79 #852
1961 — 69 69 #923
1960 — 76 76 #873
1959 — 56 56 #1,031
1958 — 83 83 #825
1957 — 82 82 #836
1956 — 93 93 #766
1955 — 89 89 #777
1954 — 96 96 #738
1953 — 87 87 #764
1952 — 111 111 #659
1951 — 96 96 #708
1950 — 99 99 #688
1949 — 90 90 #725
1948 — 91 91 #703
1947 — 105 105 #674
1946 — 99 99 #651
1945 — 77 77 #697
1944 — 111 111 #584
1943 — 103 103 #626
1942 — 92 92 #675
1941 — 84 84 #669
1940 — 96 96 #606
1939 — 88 88 #628
1938 — 101 101 #584
1937 — 124 124 #520
1936 — 82 82 #641
1935 — 91 91 #617
1934 — 93 93 #621
1933 — 78 78 #666
1932 — 96 96 #606
1931 — 80 80 #671
1930 — 90 90 #652
1929 — 90 90 #654
1928 — 95 95 #641
1927 — 92 92 #667
1926 — 83 83 #698
1925 — 98 98 #644
1924 — 81 81 #742
1923 — 78 78 #741
1922 — 80 80 #741
1921 — 71 71 #812
1920 — 73 73 #783
1919 — 79 79 #715
1918 — 60 60 #854
1917 — 50 50 #908
1916 — 27 27 #1,328
1915 — 44 44 #950
1914 — 29 29 #1,066
1913 — 28 28 #942
1912 — 23 23 #962
1911 — 13 13 #971
1910 — 7 7 #1,394
1909 — 13 13 #837
1908 — 6 6 #1,332
1907 — 8 8 #1,082
1906 — 5 5 #1,377
1903 — 5 5 #1,270
1901 — 5 5 #1,190
1900 — 6 6 #1,283
1896 — 8 8 #898