Raye is an uncommon variant of Raya that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Raye is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,769 for girl births in the United States (and #11,727 across all names), given to 17 babies. Raye was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 1956 (67 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | #6,769 | — |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #7,879 | — |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | #7,561 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #7,221 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #8,368 | — |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #6,277 | — |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | #7,273 | — |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | #7,680 | — |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | #9,227 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #12,637 | — |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | #10,709 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,613 | — |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,589 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #11,950 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,560 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #17,137 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #16,000 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #10,890 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #8,618 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #14,599 | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #9,325 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #8,447 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,635 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #13,071 | — |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #12,987 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,417 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,195 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #11,400 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #7,294 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,926 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,560 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,391 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,542 | — |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #6,480 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #11,986 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #10,034 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #7,849 | — |
| 1982 | 15 | — | #7,321 | #6,223 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #6,684 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #6,642 | — |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #7,846 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,459 | — |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #6,218 | #6,634 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #4,830 | — |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #3,608 | — |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #6,114 | — |
| 1973 | 18 | — | #3,596 | — |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #5,014 | — |
| 1971 | 36 | — | #2,649 | #3,879 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | #2,755 | — |
| 1969 | 26 | — | #2,630 | — |
| 1968 | 29 | — | #2,278 | — |
| 1967 | 24 | — | #2,542 | — |
| 1966 | 22 | — | #2,643 | — |
| 1965 | 28 | — | #2,804 | #3,189 |
| 1964 | 46 | — | #1,939 | #3,229 |
| 1963 | 45 | — | #1,974 | #3,005 |
| 1962 | 53 | — | #1,701 | #3,243 |
| 1961 | 51 | — | #1,691 | #4,524 |
| 1960 | 43 | — | #1,879 | #3,967 |
| 1959 | 39 | — | #1,786 | — |
| 1958 | 47 | — | #1,698 | #3,848 |
| 1957 | 57 | — | #1,544 | #3,196 |
| 1956 | 74 | — | #1,277 | #3,462 |
| 1955 | 57 | — | #1,400 | #4,272 |
| 1954 | 52 | — | #1,555 | #2,904 |
| 1953 | 54 | — | #1,523 | #2,374 |
| 1952 | 53 | — | #1,451 | #3,051 |
| 1951 | 42 | — | #1,602 | #3,639 |
| 1950 | 49 | — | #1,430 | #3,256 |
| 1949 | 40 | — | #1,686 | #2,971 |
| 1948 | 50 | — | #1,592 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 41 | — | #1,597 | #4,151 |
| 1946 | 52 | — | #1,354 | #2,508 |
| 1945 | 44 | — | #1,307 | #3,246 |
| 1944 | 46 | — | #1,250 | #3,804 |
| 1943 | 51 | — | #1,290 | #2,525 |
| 1942 | 40 | — | #1,463 | #2,893 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | #1,738 | #2,306 |
| 1940 | 29 | — | #1,733 | #3,071 |
| 1939 | 35 | — | #1,535 | #2,414 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | #1,471 | — |
| 1937 | 25 | — | #1,837 | #3,452 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | #1,787 | — |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #2,081 | — |
| 1934 | 24 | — | #1,896 | #3,592 |
| 1933 | 23 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1932 | 28 | — | #1,672 | #3,693 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,398 | — |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #2,282 | #3,916 |
| 1929 | 21 | — | #2,405 | #3,480 |
| 1928 | 29 | — | #1,882 | #3,304 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #2,241 | — |
| 1926 | 27 | — | #1,920 | #4,091 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,934 | — |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #2,051 | #4,246 |
| 1923 | 22 | — | #1,888 | — |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #2,267 | #3,794 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | #1,759 | — |
| 1920 | 31 | — | #1,657 | #4,828 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,485 | — |
| 1918 | 27 | — | #1,948 | #3,634 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | #1,596 | — |
| 1916 | 27 | — | #1,673 | #4,379 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | #1,435 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,724 | #3,645 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #2,001 | — |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,171 | — |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,633 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #1,322 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,821 | — |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,612 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,912 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,820 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,753 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,174 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,916 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,520 | — |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,249 | — |