How Many People Are Named Raye?
people named Raye are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 216,868 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,603 babies named Raye in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
74 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Raye, 91% were girls and 9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 91.2% of the babies were girls then and 92.2% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Raye alive today is about 56 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Raye first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1956, to 74 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Raye has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,171, in 1912. In 2025 it ranked #6,768. Among boys, its best rank was #2,006, in 1948.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,768 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,171 (1912) | #2,006 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,518 in the 1950s | #2,632 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Raye alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Raye were born in Texas than in any other state: about 74 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Raye was given about 8.4 times as often in Texas.
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