Ray is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1559 for boy births in the United States, given to 338 babies. Ray first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1926 (3,529 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 338 | #1,559 |
| 2024 | 351 | #1,524 |
| 2023 | 364 | #1,495 |
| 2022 | 361 | #1,503 |
| 2021 | 310 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 365 | #1,425 |
| 2019 | 345 | #1,500 |
| 2018 | 351 | #1,465 |
| 2017 | 327 | #1,561 |
| 2016 | 345 | #1,524 |
| 2015 | 359 | #1,473 |
| 2014 | 338 | #1,525 |
| 2013 | 374 | #1,386 |
| 2012 | 332 | #1,519 |
| 2011 | 347 | #1,458 |
| 2010 | 364 | #1,410 |
| 2009 | 371 | #1,422 |
| 2008 | 380 | #1,409 |
| 2007 | 384 | #1,390 |
| 2006 | 451 | #1,194 |
| 2005 | 428 | #1,201 |
| 2004 | 391 | #1,254 |
| 2003 | 336 | #1,361 |
| 2002 | 386 | #1,214 |
| 2001 | 366 | #1,242 |
| 2000 | 441 | #1,092 |
| 1999 | 426 | #1,074 |
| 1998 | 446 | #1,038 |
| 1997 | 451 | #992 |
| 1996 | 445 | #999 |
| 1995 | 495 | #940 |
| 1994 | 574 | #841 |
| 1993 | 570 | #847 |
| 1992 | 594 | #823 |
| 1991 | 700 | #719 |
| 1990 | 764 | #676 |
| 1989 | 732 | #676 |
| 1988 | 759 | #630 |
| 1987 | 784 | #596 |
| 1986 | 744 | #609 |
| 1985 | 778 | #587 |
| 1984 | 773 | #583 |
| 1983 | 777 | #575 |
| 1982 | 882 | #530 |
| 1981 | 865 | #540 |
| 1980 | 853 | #555 |
| 1979 | 842 | #545 |
| 1978 | 817 | #538 |
| 1977 | 825 | #543 |
| 1976 | 865 | #510 |
| 1975 | 916 | #494 |
| 1974 | 968 | #481 |
| 1973 | 1,067 | #446 |
| 1972 | 1,195 | #427 |
| 1971 | 1,294 | #428 |
| 1970 | 1,488 | #397 |
| 1969 | 1,546 | #383 |
| 1968 | 1,617 | #361 |
| 1967 | 1,634 | #359 |
| 1966 | 1,853 | #333 |
| 1965 | 2,116 | #314 |
| 1964 | 2,303 | #311 |
| 1963 | 2,625 | #282 |
| 1962 | 2,708 | #283 |
| 1961 | 2,952 | #273 |
| 1960 | 3,111 | #262 |
| 1959 | 3,265 | #256 |
| 1958 | 3,238 | #258 |
| 1957 | 3,452 | #242 |
| 1956 | 3,283 | #248 |
| 1955 | 3,107 | #247 |
| 1954 | 3,019 | #250 |
| 1953 | 2,864 | #241 |
| 1952 | 2,729 | #249 |
| 1951 | 2,720 | #241 |
| 1950 | 2,668 | #233 |
| 1949 | 2,750 | #227 |
| 1948 | 3,182 | #209 |
| 1947 | 3,416 | #205 |
| 1946 | 3,217 | #198 |
| 1945 | 2,780 | #192 |
| 1944 | 2,950 | #182 |
| 1943 | 3,106 | #179 |
| 1942 | 3,115 | #176 |
| 1941 | 2,729 | #177 |
| 1940 | 2,842 | #170 |
| 1939 | 2,754 | #166 |
| 1938 | 2,925 | #159 |
| 1937 | 2,774 | #163 |
| 1936 | 3,003 | #148 |
| 1935 | 3,144 | #143 |
| 1934 | 3,245 | #141 |
| 1933 | 3,100 | #143 |
| 1932 | 3,335 | #137 |
| 1931 | 3,244 | #134 |
| 1930 | 3,356 | #135 |
| 1929 | 3,290 | #132 |
| 1928 | 3,343 | #135 |
| 1927 | 3,361 | #139 |
| 1926 | 3,529 | #132 |
| 1925 | 3,316 | #148 |
| 1924 | 3,491 | #145 |
| 1923 | 3,281 | #147 |
| 1922 | 3,147 | #154 |
| 1921 | 3,208 | #156 |
| 1920 | 3,224 | #151 |
| 1919 | 2,848 | #162 |
| 1918 | 2,925 | #160 |
| 1917 | 2,559 | #161 |
| 1916 | 2,466 | #163 |
| 1915 | 2,491 | #155 |
| 1914 | 1,765 | #169 |
| 1913 | 1,395 | #171 |
| 1912 | 1,110 | #182 |
| 1911 | 665 | #192 |
| 1910 | 601 | #199 |
| 1909 | 525 | #201 |
| 1908 | 489 | #206 |
| 1907 | 513 | #190 |
| 1906 | 465 | #190 |
| 1905 | 467 | #188 |
| 1904 | 462 | #181 |
| 1903 | 431 | #181 |
| 1902 | 431 | #187 |
| 1901 | 355 | #196 |
| 1900 | 492 | #184 |
| 1899 | 348 | #192 |
| 1898 | 425 | #178 |
| 1897 | 441 | #164 |
| 1896 | 461 | #157 |
| 1895 | 408 | #171 |
| 1894 | 419 | #166 |
| 1893 | 413 | #155 |
| 1892 | 423 | #158 |
| 1891 | 396 | #147 |
| 1890 | 393 | #156 |
| 1889 | 385 | #154 |
| 1888 | 360 | #168 |
| 1887 | 280 | #170 |
| 1886 | 292 | #172 |
| 1885 | 262 | #179 |
| 1884 | 254 | #179 |
| 1883 | 212 | #185 |
| 1882 | 210 | #188 |
| 1881 | 159 | #194 |
| 1880 | 150 | #205 |