Raynard
Boy · RAY-nard · Germanic
Raynard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave counsel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Raynard mean?
Germanic: variant of Reynard
“brave counsel”
A form of Reynard, the trickster fox hero of medieval European fables.
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- RAY-nard
Is Raynard a girl's or a boy's name?
Raynard is a boys' name.
How popular is Raynard in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1962, with 123 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Raynard in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raynard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | 55 | #1,551 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,331 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,238 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,281 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 55 | #996 |
| 1967 | 64 | #900 |
| 1966 | 87 | #778 |
| 1965 | 93 | #764 |
| 1964 | 85 | #815 |
| 1963 | 98 | #771 |
| 1962 | 123 | #693 |
| 1961 | 121 | #693 |
| 1960 | 98 | #768 |
| 1959 | 63 | #968 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
Nicknames for Raynard
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
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