Raymond
Boy nameRaymond has been given to 783,311 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1924 and currently ranks #395 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈɹeɪ.mənd/
From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą (“advice”) +‎ *mundō (“protection”). Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
783,311
Peak year
1924 (12,930 babies)
Rank in 2025
#395 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -42%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Raymond
Ray Bradbury
American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)
Roman Polanski
French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
Ray Charles
American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)
Raymond Chandler
American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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