Ray Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Ray: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 204,701 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

204,701

Peak year

1957 #111

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-2.2%

In the 1950s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	347	#680
2012	327	#719
2013	363	#666
2014	329	#728
2015	349	#713
2016	324	#753
2017	306	#769
2018	330	#728
2019	328	#736
2020	343	#725
2021	283	#841
2022	332	#764
2023	338	#764
2024	323	#779
2025	319	#792

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

Where {name} was most used in 1957

381

326

178

145

140

138

Names from the same era

Michael · 1957 Paul · 1957 Kenneth · 1957 Peter · 1957 Douglas · 1957 Keith · 1957 Terry · 1957 Micheal · 1957 Glen · 1957 Guy · 1957

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