Ray Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Ray: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 5,606 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

5,606

Peak year

1918 #558

Years on the list

137

10-year trend

+26.5%

In the 1910s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2009	5	#19557
2012	5	#18950
2013	11	#10103
2014	9	#11735
2015	10	#10708
2016	21	#6146
2017	21	#5996
2018	21	#5963
2019	17	#6954
2020	22	#5618
2021	27	#4928
2022	29	#4767
2023	26	#5096
2024	28	#4865
2025	19	#6274

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

Names from the same era

Helen · 1918 Anna · 1918 Frances · 1918 Florence · 1918 Josephine · 1918 Hazel · 1918 Clara · 1918 Edna · 1918 Eva · 1918 Ethel · 1918

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