# Rayford (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rayford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,516 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,516 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | 5,994 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,398 |
| 2005 | 11 | 7,005 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,405 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12,036 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8,155 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,870 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,764 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,835 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,476 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,884 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,820 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,938 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,446 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.