# Raymond (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raymond/  
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 | “advice”, “protection” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹeɪ.mənd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ray |
| Variant spellings | Raymonn |
| US babies named this | 783,311 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 779,794 / 3,517 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,673, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”). Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.

## What it means

Raymond is grouped under protector.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 21 | 4,475 |
| 1990 | 18 | 5,227 |
| 1991 | 18 | 5,339 |
| 1992 | 18 | 5,421 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,336 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,987 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,469 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,302 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,566 |
| 1998 | 12 | 7,914 |
| 1999 | 6 | 14,017 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,546 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,502 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,002 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,533 | 233 |
| 2012 | 1,463 | 250 |
| 2013 | 1,349 | 264 |
| 2014 | 1,411 | 263 |
| 2015 | 1,386 | 260 |
| 2016 | 1,280 | 284 |
| 2017 | 1,208 | 293 |
| 2018 | 1,164 | 299 |
| 2019 | 1,025 | 325 |
| 2020 | 1,062 | 311 |
| 2021 | 991 | 331 |
| 2022 | 970 | 343 |
| 2023 | 906 | 360 |
| 2024 | 864 | 380 |
| 2025 | 807 | 395 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 767 |
| 2012 | 49 | 682 |
| 2013 | 57 | 603 |
| 2014 | 60 | 592 |
| 2015 | 55 | 633 |
| 2016 | 58 | 616 |
| 2017 | 59 | 613 |
| 2018 | 68 | 549 |
| 2019 | 62 | 597 |
| 2020 | 55 | 627 |
| 2021 | 65 | 584 |
| 2022 | 79 | 492 |
| 2023 | 71 | 539 |
| 2024 | 70 | 545 |
| 2025 | 59 | 627 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ռայմոնդ
- Bulgarian: Ре́ймънд
- Catalan: Ramon
- Chinese: 雷蒙德
- Esperanto: Rajmundo
- Estonian: Raimond
- Finnish: Raimo
- French: Raymond
- Georgian: რეიმონდი
- German: Raimund
- Greek: Ραϋμόνδος
- Indonesian: Raimundus
- Japanese: レイモンド, レーモンド
- Latin: Raimundus, Regimundus
- Latvian: Raimonds
- Lithuanian: Raimondas
- Norwegian: Raymond
- Polish: Rajmund
- Portuguese: Raimundo
- Russian: Ра́ймонд, Ре́ймонд

## People named Raymond

- Raymond Chandler, American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
- Raymond Poincaré, French statesman and lawyer, President of France (1860-1934)
- Raymond Davis Jr., American scientist (1914-2006)
- Raymond Aron, French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)
- Raymond Queneau, French novelist and poet (1903–1976)
- Raymond Kopa, French footballer (1931–2017)
- Raymond Kurzweil, American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948)
- Raymond Tomlinson, American computer programmer (1941-2016)
- Raymond Domenech, French football manager
- Raymond Radiguet, French writer (1903–1923)
- Raymond Barre, 85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)
- Raymond Leo Burke, American Catholic cardinal

## 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.