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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rayford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rayford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rayford” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rayford” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rayford” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rayford” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rayford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rayford” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 -100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 -100%
1914 29 0.000020475 29 -100%
1915 44 0.000024012 44 -100%
1916 27 0.000013958 27 -100%
1917 50 0.000024916 50 -100%
1918 60 0.000027636 60 -100%
1919 79 0.000037436 79 -100%
1920 73 0.000032263 73 -100%
1921 71 0.000030413 71 -100%
1922 80 0.000034947 80 -100%
1923 78 0.000033877 78 -100%
1924 81 0.000034011 81 -100%
1925 98 0.000042001 98 -100%
1926 83 0.000036151 83 -100%
1927 92 0.000039666 92 -100%
1928 95 0.000042018 95 -100%
1929 90 0.000041055 90 -100%
1930 90 0.000040481 90 -100%
1931 80 0.000038016 80 -100%
1932 96 0.00004547 96 -100%
1933 78 0.000039011 78 -100%
1934 93 0.00004478 93 -100%
1935 91 0.000043543 91 -100%
1936 82 0.000039469 82 -100%
1937 124 0.000058198 124 -100%
1938 101 0.000045648 101 -100%
1939 88 0.000039938 88 -100%
1940 96 0.00004169 96 -100%
1941 84 0.000034477 84 -100%
1942 92 0.000033677 92 -100%
1943 103 0.000036492 103 -100%
1944 111 0.000041263 111 -100%
1945 77 0.000029025 77 -100%
1946 99 0.000030983 99 -100%
1947 105 0.000029148 105 -100%
1948 91 0.000026358 91 -100%
1949 90 0.000025827 90 -100%
1950 99 0.000028259 99 -100%
1951 96 0.00002606 96 -100%
1952 111 0.000029226 111 -100%
1953 87 0.000022576 87 -100%
1954 96 0.000024116 96 -100%
1955 89 0.000022166 89 -100%
1956 93 0.000022556 93 -100%
1957 82 0.000019514 82 -100%
1958 83 0.000020078 83 -100%
1959 56 0.000013468 56 -100%
1960 76 0.000018296 76 -100%
1961 69 0.000016657 69 -100%
1962 79 0.000019577 79 -100%
1963 61 0.000015411 61 -100%
1964 64 0.000016463 64 -100%
1965 56 0.000015446 56 -100%
1966 57 0.0000164 57 -100%
1967 71 0.000020914 71 -100%
1968 58 0.000017168 58 -100%
1969 50 0.000014387 50 -100%
1970 40 0.000011091 40 -100%
1971 52 0.00001515 52 -100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 -100%
1975 36 0.000011923 36 -100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 -100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 -100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 -100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 -100%
1981 30 0.000008672 30 -100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 -100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 -100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 -100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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