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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rayford

Rayford was the 13446th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 518th with 124 babies. More babies were named Rayford in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#13,446 boys
Babies in 2025
5boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1937124 babies
Total since 1880
5,516babies recorded

Rayford popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#13,4465
2020——
2010#11,8636
2000#10,0516
1990#2,94022
1980#2,20424
1970#1,33140
1960#87576
1950#68999
1940#60696
1930#65290
1920#78073
1910#1,3987
1900#1,2796
1890——
1880——

How popular is Rayford, counting every spelling?

Rayford has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Rayford?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rayford (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rayford born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rayford.

Chance of another Rayford in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Rayford?

About 2,400 people born in the US named Rayford are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 51 and 75. That makes Rayford a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Rayford by state

How common Rayford was among boys born in each state in 1935–1939, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (9.4×), Mississippi (5.1×), Texas (3.2×), Georgia (3.2×), North Carolina (3.1×). In 41 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesTN0.13North Carolina: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesNC0.28South Carolina: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesSC0.21District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesLA0.24Mississippi: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesMS0.46Alabama: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesAL0.85Georgia: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesGA0.29Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesTX0.29Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rayford, boys, 1935–1939. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Rayford: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rayford, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Rayford

How popular is the name Rayford?

Rayford was the 13446th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 518th with 124 babies. More babies were named Rayford in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Rayford a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rayford in the US.

Where was Rayford most popular?

In 1935–1939, Rayford was most common in Alabama (0.85 per 1,000 boys), followed by Mississippi and Texas.