Fun Facts About the Name Raymond
- A favorite across generations: Raymond stayed in the U.S. top 100 every year from 1880 through 2025 - 146 consecutive years.
- An all-time favorite: U.S. records show 779,762 boys named Raymond from 1880 through 2025.
- More than 783 thousand babies named Raymond: U.S. records list 783,279 babies given the name Raymond from 1880 through 2025. Even 3,517 girls received the name Raymond - about 1 girl for every 222 boys.
What Does the Name Raymond Mean?
Raymond is an English and French masculine name meaning "wise protector" or "protecting counsel." It comes from the Germanic name Raginmund, formed from ragin (counsel, advice) and mund (protection, guardian). The Frankish form passed into Old French as Raimund or Reimund, and from there into English. The literal sense of the components is closer to "counsel-protection" than to a direct statement that the bearer is wise; "wise protector" is the customary interpretation of those elements.
The same Germanic name produced equivalents in several languages: Spanish Ramón, Catalan Ramon, Portuguese Raimundo, Italian Raimondo, and German Raimund. These are regional developments of one name rather than separate origins.
Raymond Name History & Origins
The name's Germanic ancestor, reconstructed as *Raginmundaz, belonged to a large group of compound personal names formed from two favorable nouns. Frankish speakers used it as Raginmund; medieval Latin records wrote it as Raginmundus or Ragimundus. In Old French it became Raimund and later Raymond, the form that entered English after the Norman Conquest. Medieval English records show spellings such as Reimund and Raymund.
The name appears in the noble families of medieval France and the Iberian Peninsula. Catalan counts of Barcelona bore the name Ramon Berenguer, and Raymond of Saint-Gilles, count of Toulouse, was a leader of the First Crusade. In Spain the name became Ramón; in Portugal, Raimundo; in Italy, Raimondo; and in German-speaking lands, Raimund. It also has strong religious associations: Saint Raymond of Penyafort, a thirteenth-century Dominican and canon lawyer, and Saint Raymond Nonnatus, a thirteenth-century Mercedarian, are both venerated in Catholic tradition, especially in Spain and Catalonia.
How Popular is the Name Raymond?
Raymond has maintained century-spanning popularity, remaining an unbroken fixture in the U.S. top 100 continuously from 1880 to 1991.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #15,999 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #15,644 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #17,501 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,545 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #14,017 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,913 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #10,566 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #10,303 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #11,468 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #6,987 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #9,336 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #5,420 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #5,339 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #5,228 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #4,475 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #3,991 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #2,644 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1986 | #3,331 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1985 | #3,064 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1984 | #2,829 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1983 | #2,765 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1982 | #2,815 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1981 | #2,835 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1980 | #2,734 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 1979 | #2,567 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 1978 | #2,296 | 40 | 0.0026% |
| 1977 | #1,994 | 49 | 0.0032% |
| 1976 | #2,328 | 36 | 0.0025% |
| 1975 | #2,445 | 33 | 0.0023% |
| 1974 | #1,903 | 46 | 0.0031% |
| 1973 | #1,802 | 48 | 0.0033% |
| 1972 | #1,985 | 41 | 0.0027% |
| 1971 | #2,027 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 1970 | #1,750 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 1969 | #1,865 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 1968 | #1,620 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 1967 | #1,777 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 1966 | #1,815 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 1965 | #1,908 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1964 | #1,830 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1963 | #1,858 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1962 | #1,645 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1961 | #1,608 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 1960 | #1,668 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 1959 | #1,638 | 45 | 0.0022% |
| 1958 | #1,847 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1957 | #1,742 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 1956 | #1,924 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1955 | #1,794 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1954 | #1,823 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1953 | #1,484 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 1952 | #1,815 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1951 | #1,573 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1950 | #1,520 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1949 | #1,591 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1948 | #1,513 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1947 | #1,688 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1946 | #1,476 | 36 | 0.0023% |
| 1945 | #1,277 | 40 | 0.0031% |
| 1944 | #1,268 | 40 | 0.0030% |
| 1943 | #1,301 | 40 | 0.0029% |
| 1942 | #1,319 | 38 | 0.0028% |
| 1941 | #1,060 | 48 | 0.0040% |
| 1940 | #1,462 | 28 | 0.0024% |
| 1939 | #1,035 | 48 | 0.0044% |
| 1938 | #1,285 | 33 | 0.0030% |
| 1937 | #1,176 | 38 | 0.0036% |
| 1936 | #1,163 | 38 | 0.0037% |
| 1935 | #1,014 | 47 | 0.0045% |
| 1934 | #1,143 | 39 | 0.0037% |
| 1933 | #932 | 54 | 0.0054% |
| 1932 | #976 | 53 | 0.0050% |
| 1931 | #810 | 71 | 0.0067% |
| 1930 | #954 | 59 | 0.0052% |
| 1929 | #813 | 76 | 0.0068% |
| 1928 | #688 | 104 | 0.0090% |
| 1927 | #755 | 92 | 0.0077% |
| 1926 | #871 | 73 | 0.0062% |
| 1925 | #1,007 | 56 | 0.0046% |
| 1924 | #1,025 | 57 | 0.0046% |
| 1923 | #1,033 | 54 | 0.0045% |
| 1922 | #1,057 | 52 | 0.0043% |
| 1921 | #1,123 | 47 | 0.0038% |
| 1920 | #1,229 | 40 | 0.0033% |
| 1919 | #1,293 | 36 | 0.0032% |
| 1918 | #1,071 | 47 | 0.0041% |
| 1917 | #994 | 50 | 0.0046% |
| 1916 | #1,096 | 42 | 0.0040% |
| 1915 | #1,284 | 31 | 0.0032% |
| 1914 | #1,220 | 26 | 0.0034% |
| 1913 | #1,457 | 17 | 0.0027% |
| 1912 | #2,316 | 8 | 0.0014% |
| 1911 | #1,929 | 8 | 0.0019% |
| 1910 | #1,606 | 10 | 0.0025% |
| 1909 | #2,173 | 6 | 0.0017% |
| 1908 | #1,651 | 8 | 0.0024% |
| 1907 | #1,613 | 8 | 0.0025% |
| 1905 | #1,884 | 6 | 0.0021% |
| 1902 | #1,197 | 10 | 0.0038% |
| 1898 | #1,657 | 6 | 0.0023% |
| 1897 | #1,750 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| 1896 | #1,552 | 6 | 0.0025% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #395 | 807 | 0.0472% |
| 2024 | #379 | 859 | 0.0501% |
| 2023 | #360 | 904 | 0.0529% |
| 2022 | #343 | 967 | 0.0554% |
| 2021 | #331 | 990 | 0.0566% |
| 2020 | #311 | 1,060 | 0.0614% |
| 2019 | #326 | 1,023 | 0.0570% |
| 2018 | #299 | 1,164 | 0.0641% |
| 2017 | #293 | 1,208 | 0.0653% |
| 2016 | #284 | 1,279 | 0.0674% |
| 2015 | #259 | 1,386 | 0.0723% |
| 2014 | #263 | 1,410 | 0.0734% |
| 2013 | #265 | 1,346 | 0.0712% |
| 2012 | #250 | 1,463 | 0.0771% |
| 2011 | #233 | 1,533 | 0.0807% |
| 2010 | #224 | 1,587 | 0.0827% |
| 2009 | #220 | 1,650 | 0.0832% |
| 2008 | #215 | 1,778 | 0.0872% |
| 2007 | #201 | 1,963 | 0.0946% |
| 2006 | #194 | 2,043 | 0.0994% |
| 2005 | #196 | 1,969 | 0.0986% |
| 2004 | #186 | 2,059 | 0.1037% |
| 2003 | #187 | 2,055 | 0.1040% |
| 2002 | #176 | 2,186 | 0.1126% |
| 2001 | #163 | 2,342 | 0.1205% |
| 2000 | #162 | 2,404 | 0.1224% |
| 1999 | #144 | 2,649 | 0.1380% |
| 1998 | #141 | 2,644 | 0.1383% |
| 1997 | #138 | 2,705 | 0.1435% |
| 1996 | #131 | 2,816 | 0.1487% |
| 1995 | #124 | 2,920 | 0.1534% |
| 1994 | #115 | 3,143 | 0.1627% |
| 1993 | #108 | 3,330 | 0.1698% |
| 1992 | #104 | 3,587 | 0.1796% |
| 1991 | #97 | 3,865 | 0.1913% |
| 1990 | #92 | 4,062 | 0.1978% |
| 1989 | #86 | 4,106 | 0.2052% |
| 1988 | #84 | 4,036 | 0.2108% |
| 1987 | #79 | 3,996 | 0.2140% |
| 1986 | #77 | 4,055 | 0.2202% |
| 1985 | #75 | 4,085 | 0.2210% |
| 1984 | #73 | 3,972 | 0.2201% |
| 1983 | #72 | 4,015 | 0.2240% |
| 1982 | #70 | 4,294 | 0.2366% |
| 1981 | #68 | 4,367 | 0.2438% |
| 1980 | #66 | 4,577 | 0.2565% |
| 1979 | #70 | 4,336 | 0.2518% |
| 1978 | #69 | 4,134 | 0.2518% |
| 1977 | #65 | 4,377 | 0.2664% |
| 1976 | #65 | 4,218 | 0.2688% |
| 1975 | #63 | 4,529 | 0.2900% |
| 1974 | #62 | 4,578 | 0.2911% |
| 1973 | #60 | 4,833 | 0.3101% |
| 1972 | #54 | 5,442 | 0.3356% |
| 1971 | #52 | 6,104 | 0.3451% |
| 1970 | #49 | 6,789 | 0.3653% |
| 1969 | #50 | 6,641 | 0.3714% |
| 1968 | #50 | 6,883 | 0.3960% |
| 1967 | #48 | 7,063 | 0.4050% |
| 1966 | #47 | 7,379 | 0.4137% |
| 1965 | #45 | 8,050 | 0.4327% |
| 1964 | #44 | 8,590 | 0.4311% |
| 1963 | #45 | 8,779 | 0.4323% |
| 1962 | #48 | 9,068 | 0.4383% |
| 1961 | #48 | 9,613 | 0.4526% |
| 1960 | #46 | 9,722 | 0.4560% |
| 1959 | #45 | 9,798 | 0.4590% |
| 1958 | #43 | 10,221 | 0.4816% |
| 1957 | #39 | 10,814 | 0.5013% |
| 1956 | #39 | 11,108 | 0.5251% |
| 1955 | #36 | 10,994 | 0.5337% |
| 1954 | #35 | 11,243 | 0.5515% |
| 1953 | #34 | 11,110 | 0.5633% |
| 1952 | #33 | 11,235 | 0.5780% |
| 1951 | #32 | 11,228 | 0.5963% |
| 1950 | #31 | 11,181 | 0.6245% |
| 1949 | #30 | 11,305 | 0.6373% |
| 1948 | #27 | 11,612 | 0.6618% |
| 1947 | #27 | 12,352 | 0.6751% |
| 1946 | #25 | 11,288 | 0.6951% |
| 1945 | #23 | 9,856 | 0.7323% |
| 1944 | #22 | 10,634 | 0.7803% |
| 1943 | #22 | 11,392 | 0.7982% |
| 1942 | #24 | 11,116 | 0.8049% |
| 1941 | #22 | 9,947 | 0.8098% |
| 1940 | #22 | 9,568 | 0.8254% |
| 1939 | #22 | 9,252 | 0.8359% |
| 1938 | #20 | 9,726 | 0.8769% |
| 1937 | #19 | 9,571 | 0.8973% |
| 1936 | #17 | 9,458 | 0.9119% |
| 1935 | #17 | 9,564 | 0.9184% |
| 1934 | #19 | 9,587 | 0.9284% |
| 1933 | #19 | 9,512 | 0.9593% |
| 1932 | #19 | 10,346 | 0.9909% |
| 1931 | #17 | 10,854 | 1.0440% |
| 1930 | #16 | 11,713 | 1.0674% |
| 1929 | #15 | 11,909 | 1.1072% |
| 1928 | #16 | 11,947 | 1.0786% |
| 1927 | #15 | 12,807 | 1.1365% |
| 1926 | #15 | 12,809 | 1.1534% |
| 1925 | #15 | 12,442 | 1.1150% |
| 1924 | #15 | 12,872 | 1.1364% |
| 1923 | #15 | 12,460 | 1.1367% |
| 1922 | #16 | 12,129 | 1.1146% |
| 1921 | #16 | 12,645 | 1.1480% |
| 1920 | #15 | 12,193 | 1.1456% |
| 1919 | #14 | 11,384 | 1.1615% |
| 1918 | #15 | 11,604 | 1.1450% |
| 1917 | #16 | 9,956 | 1.0758% |
| 1916 | #16 | 9,565 | 1.0746% |
| 1915 | #16 | 8,981 | 1.0584% |
| 1914 | #16 | 6,821 | 1.0418% |
| 1913 | #18 | 5,310 | 1.0360% |
| 1912 | #18 | 4,374 | 1.0173% |
| 1911 | #19 | 2,088 | 0.9240% |
| 1910 | #19 | 1,737 | 0.8944% |
| 1909 | #20 | 1,441 | 0.8787% |
| 1908 | #21 | 1,381 | 0.8948% |
| 1907 | #21 | 1,290 | 0.8786% |
| 1906 | #21 | 1,133 | 0.8509% |
| 1905 | #21 | 1,159 | 0.8760% |
| 1904 | #22 | 1,093 | 0.8531% |
| 1903 | #21 | 1,051 | 0.8815% |
| 1902 | #21 | 1,064 | 0.8674% |
| 1901 | #22 | 888 | 0.8341% |
| 1900 | #23 | 1,150 | 0.7643% |
| 1899 | #22 | 869 | 0.8182% |
| 1898 | #23 | 929 | 0.7572% |
| 1897 | #22 | 837 | 0.7423% |
| 1896 | #24 | 859 | 0.7184% |
| 1895 | #26 | 806 | 0.6866% |
| 1894 | #27 | 767 | 0.6625% |
| 1893 | #29 | 703 | 0.6259% |
| 1892 | #31 | 681 | 0.5580% |
| 1891 | #30 | 575 | 0.5682% |
| 1890 | #36 | 546 | 0.4918% |
| 1889 | #37 | 511 | 0.4621% |
| 1888 | #45 | 469 | 0.3881% |
| 1887 | #47 | 372 | 0.3668% |
| 1886 | #52 | 353 | 0.3186% |
| 1885 | #58 | 308 | 0.2857% |
| 1884 | #62 | 299 | 0.2613% |
| 1883 | #68 | 233 | 0.2227% |
| 1882 | #78 | 230 | 0.2023% |
| 1881 | #74 | 195 | 0.1936% |
| 1880 | #87 | 165 | 0.1493% |
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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How the Name Raymond Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are a law unto itself. Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You are tolerant and like to help humanity. You are very active. You are generally warmhearted and gives freely of your time, energy, and sympathetic understanding. You have tolerance and acceptance of the frailties of others. Universal and humanitarian in outlook. This is very compassionate name. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You desire to inspire and lead, to control other's affairs. You are giving, courageous and bold, action oriented,energetic and strong willed. You want to make a difference in the world, and this attitude often attracts you to cultural interests, politics, social issues, and the cultivation of your creative talents.
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