Fun Facts About the Name Raymi
- 40 babies named Raymi: U.S. records list 40 babies given the name Raymi from 1880 through 2025. Even 19 boys received the name Raymi.
What Does the Name Raymi Mean?
Raymi is a Quechua word meaning "festival" or "feast day," and it is used as a given name mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Quechua is the Indigenous language family of the central Andes, and raymi in that language refers to a major public celebration or ritual observance rather than a small private gathering. In Quechua the stress falls on the first syllable, RAY-mi. The word is familiar internationally through Inti Raymi, the Inca festival of the sun, and Qhapaq Raymi, the "great festival" tied to the December solstice. In those compounds raymi is the generic noun for a festival, qualified by inti ("sun") or qhapaq ("great, powerful, noble"). No older root for the word is securely documented, so "festival" is the meaning to rely on.
Raymi Name History & Origins
The word entered written records through colonial-era documentation of Quechua. Missionaries and chroniclers working in the Andes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries compiled Quechua vocabularies in which raymi appears as the ordinary term for a festival, and they described the great state celebrations of the Inca calendar. The Inca ceremonial year included Inti Raymi at the June solstice in Cusco and Qhapaq Raymi at the December solstice, both of them state rituals tied to the agricultural and solar year.
As a personal name, Raymi belongs to Quechua-speaking communities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, where a Quechua noun with ceremonial meaning can be given directly as a name. Official records in these countries more often show Spanish baptismal names, so the name's appearance in written records is sparser than its spoken use. The Cusco reenactment of Inti Raymi, staged at Sacsayhuamán since the 1940s and held each June 24, keeps the word itself in public view in Peru, which helps explain why the name reads as recognizably Andean rather than obscure.
How Popular is the Name Raymi?
Raymi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #10,546 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,731 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #18,953 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #17,781 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #13,727 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #10,546 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #11,812 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #11,885 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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