Raeford is a rare variant of Rayford that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Raeford is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Raeford was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1941 (21 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 7 | — | #5,341 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,666 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,690 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,839 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #4,140 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #2,547 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,388 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,935 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,483 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #3,589 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,227 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,843 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | #2,355 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #2,345 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,431 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #2,410 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #2,263 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,475 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | #1,820 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #1,934 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,096 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,417 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,825 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | #1,681 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,937 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,278 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | #2,254 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | #1,622 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,519 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #2,821 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,858 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,450 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,441 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,629 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,007 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #2,905 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | #1,764 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #2,798 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,440 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | #1,685 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,077 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,497 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #2,865 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,058 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,710 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | #1,955 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | #3,119 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,192 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,242 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,747 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,041 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,364 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #3,886 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,887 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,010 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,640 |