Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ray

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ray
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.6% from peak

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

3,409

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

90.6%

2024

322

All-time

204,384

Ray once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 3,409 boys were named Ray.

In 2024, only 322 boys were given the name.

Down 90.6% from its peak.

All told, about 204,384 Americans have been named Ray and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.6% from peak

19263,409 boys named Ray

2024322 boys named Ray

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