Raymond
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Raymond is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel protector”. In 2025 it ranked 639th for boys in the UK (65 babies) and 394th for boys in the US (807 babies).
What does Raymond mean?
Germanic: from Raginmund, via Norman French
“counsel protector”
Brought to England by the Normans; Raymond of Toulouse was a leader of the First Crusade.
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- RAY-mond
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Is Raymond a girl's or a boy's name?
Raymond is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 boys in the UK and 807 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raymond in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #639among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 4,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were named Raymond, making it the 639th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 661st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 95 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Raymond than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Raymond in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 627th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#73), 1914 (#51), 1924 (#28), 1934 (#15), 1944 (#17), 1954 (#26), 1964 (#45) and 1974 (#85).
Raymond in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #639 |
| 2024 | 70 | #605 |
| 2023 | 79 | #553 |
| 2022 | 82 | #527 |
| 2021 | 74 | #585 |
| 2020 | 58 | #661 |
| 2019 | 70 | #594 |
| 2018 | 73 | #576 |
| 2017 | 63 | #644 |
| 2016 | 60 | #660 |
| 2015 | 58 | #667 |
| 2014 | 65 | #605 |
| 2013 | 62 | #625 |
| 2012 | 56 | #678 |
| 2011 | 45 | #773 |
| 2010 | 50 | #701 |
| 2009 | 75 | #515 |
| 2008 | 60 | #602 |
| 2007 | 62 | #557 |
| 2006 | 69 | #502 |
| 2005 | 56 | #536 |
| 2004 | 47 | #599 |
| 2003 | 51 | #525 |
| 2002 | 62 | #413 |
| 2001 | 53 | #454 |
| 2000 | 59 | #419 |
| 1999 | 62 | #402 |
| 1998 | 67 | #390 |
| 1997 | 87 | #330 |
| 1996 | 95 | #298 |
How popular is Raymond in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #394among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 807about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 807 boys in the US were named Raymond, making it the 394th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 311th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 12,873 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Raymond than any year since 1895.
Half of all the boys named Raymond in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raymond in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 807 | #394 |
| 2024 | 864 | #379 |
| 2023 | 906 | #360 |
| 2022 | 970 | #343 |
| 2021 | 991 | #331 |
| 2020 | 1,062 | #311 |
| 2019 | 1,025 | #325 |
| 2018 | 1,164 | #299 |
| 2017 | 1,208 | #293 |
| 2016 | 1,280 | #284 |
| 2015 | 1,386 | #259 |
| 2014 | 1,411 | #263 |
| 2013 | 1,349 | #264 |
| 2012 | 1,463 | #250 |
| 2011 | 1,533 | #233 |
| 2010 | 1,587 | #224 |
| 2009 | 1,650 | #220 |
| 2008 | 1,780 | #215 |
| 2007 | 1,965 | #201 |
| 2006 | 2,045 | #194 |
| 2005 | 1,971 | #196 |
| 2004 | 2,060 | #186 |
| 2003 | 2,057 | #187 |
| 2002 | 2,186 | #176 |
| 2001 | 2,342 | #163 |
| 2000 | 2,404 | #162 |
| 1999 | 2,649 | #144 |
| 1998 | 2,644 | #141 |
| 1997 | 2,705 | #138 |
| 1996 | 2,816 | #132 |
| 1995 | 2,920 | #124 |
| 1994 | 3,143 | #115 |
| 1993 | 3,330 | #108 |
| 1992 | 3,587 | #104 |
| 1991 | 3,865 | #97 |
| 1990 | 4,062 | #92 |
| 1989 | 4,106 | #86 |
| 1988 | 4,036 | #84 |
| 1987 | 3,996 | #79 |
| 1986 | 4,055 | #77 |
| 1985 | 4,085 | #75 |
| 1984 | 3,971 | #73 |
| 1983 | 4,016 | #71 |
| 1982 | 4,294 | #70 |
| 1981 | 4,367 | #68 |
| 1980 | 4,578 | #66 |
| 1979 | 4,335 | #70 |
| 1978 | 4,134 | #69 |
| 1977 | 4,372 | #65 |
| 1976 | 4,218 | #65 |
| 1975 | 4,530 | #63 |
| 1974 | 4,577 | #62 |
| 1973 | 4,831 | #60 |
| 1972 | 5,443 | #54 |
| 1971 | 6,104 | #52 |
| 1970 | 6,788 | #49 |
| 1969 | 6,638 | #50 |
| 1968 | 6,883 | #50 |
| 1967 | 7,065 | #48 |
| 1966 | 7,376 | #47 |
| 1965 | 8,051 | #45 |
| 1964 | 8,592 | #44 |
| 1963 | 8,780 | #45 |
| 1962 | 9,070 | #48 |
| 1961 | 9,618 | #48 |
| 1960 | 9,720 | #46 |
| 1959 | 9,796 | #45 |
| 1958 | 10,226 | #43 |
| 1957 | 10,810 | #39 |
| 1956 | 11,108 | #39 |
| 1955 | 10,994 | #36 |
| 1954 | 11,242 | #35 |
| 1953 | 11,110 | #34 |
| 1952 | 11,235 | #33 |
| 1951 | 11,227 | #32 |
| 1950 | 11,180 | #31 |
| 1949 | 11,305 | #30 |
| 1948 | 11,612 | #27 |
| 1947 | 12,352 | #27 |
| 1946 | 11,289 | #25 |
| 1945 | 9,858 | #23 |
| 1944 | 10,635 | #22 |
| 1943 | 11,391 | #22 |
| 1942 | 11,116 | #24 |
| 1941 | 9,951 | #22 |
| 1940 | 9,567 | #22 |
| 1939 | 9,252 | #22 |
| 1938 | 9,725 | #20 |
| 1937 | 9,571 | #19 |
| 1936 | 9,459 | #17 |
| 1935 | 9,564 | #17 |
| 1934 | 9,588 | #19 |
| 1933 | 9,512 | #19 |
| 1932 | 10,346 | #19 |
| 1931 | 10,854 | #17 |
| 1930 | 11,714 | #16 |
| 1929 | 11,909 | #15 |
| 1928 | 11,946 | #16 |
| 1927 | 12,807 | #15 |
| 1926 | 12,809 | #15 |
| 1925 | 12,441 | #15 |
| 1924 | 12,873 | #15 |
| 1923 | 12,460 | #15 |
| 1922 | 12,129 | #16 |
| 1921 | 12,645 | #16 |
| 1920 | 12,193 | #15 |
| 1919 | 11,384 | #14 |
| 1918 | 11,604 | #15 |
| 1917 | 9,956 | #16 |
| 1916 | 9,565 | #16 |
| 1915 | 8,981 | #16 |
| 1914 | 6,821 | #16 |
| 1913 | 5,310 | #18 |
| 1912 | 4,374 | #18 |
| 1911 | 2,088 | #19 |
| 1910 | 1,737 | #19 |
| 1909 | 1,441 | #20 |
| 1908 | 1,381 | #20 |
| 1907 | 1,290 | #21 |
| 1906 | 1,133 | #21 |
| 1905 | 1,159 | #21 |
| 1904 | 1,093 | #22 |
| 1903 | 1,051 | #21 |
| 1902 | 1,064 | #21 |
| 1901 | 888 | #22 |
| 1900 | 1,150 | #23 |
| 1899 | 869 | #22 |
| 1898 | 929 | #23 |
| 1897 | 837 | #22 |
| 1896 | 859 | #24 |
| 1895 | 806 | #26 |
| 1894 | 767 | #27 |
| 1893 | 703 | #29 |
| 1892 | 681 | #31 |
| 1891 | 575 | #30 |
| 1890 | 546 | #36 |
| 1889 | 511 | #37 |
| 1888 | 469 | #45 |
| 1887 | 372 | #47 |
| 1886 | 353 | #52 |
| 1885 | 308 | #58 |
| 1884 | 299 | #62 |
| 1883 | 233 | #68 |
| 1882 | 230 | #78 |
| 1881 | 195 | #74 |
| 1880 | 165 | #87 |
Nicknames for Raymond
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
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