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The name Ray is a diminutive form of Raymond. The table below indicates the number of times the name Ray has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Ray**
Use of the Name Ray for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
197,098	63,397	15,091	4,115	1,877	716	384

The table below indicates the number of times the name Ray has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Ray**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	95	142	668	8
1881	87	148	534	11
1882	82	196	488	15
1883	78	202	644	10
1884	77	232	438	22
1885	74	237	425	25
1886	67	271	490	21
1887	66	258	487	22
1888	63	331	467	29
1889	54	355	451	30
1890	56	349	381	44
1891	49	360	421	36
1892	57	385	439	38
1893	56	378	453	35
1894	57	379	444	40
1895	56	380	573	28
1896	50	426	503	35
1897	52	396	446	44
1898	56	394	585	31
1899	61	315	523	33
1900	55	457	601	35
1901	59	338	820	17
1902	57	391	508	40
1903	55	397	563	34
1904	55	432	639	30
1905	60	426	526	43
1906	62	420	526	44
1907	60	475	611	38
1908	67	447	573	43
1909	67	475	539	50
1910	68	544	547	56
1911	71	602	527	63
1912	77	1,047	645	60
1913	73	1,324	633	67
1914	74	1,661	536	109
1915	67	2,364	581	126
1916	73	2,336	584	133
1917	74	2,426	595	132
1918	69	2,765	559	161
1919	69	2,726	624	127
1920	67	3,093	606	138
1921	66	3,072	643	133
1922	65	3,058	744	96
1923	61	3,167	678	121
1924	60	3,373	675	122
1925	64	3,210	752	97
1926	57	3,403	655	122
1927	60	3,242	700	109
1928	57	3,243	733	94
1929	57	3,165	652	115
1930	58	3,234	680	102
1931	60	3,154	742	83
1932	59	3,256	807	72
1933	62	3,032	811	68
1934	64	3,164	825	68
1935	64	3,057	791	74
1936	64	2,936	852	64
1937	71	2,724
1938	72	2,880
1939	74	2,703
1940	77	2,796
1941	83	2,696
1942	84	3,055
1943	84	3,045
1944	86	2,897
1945	93	2,733
1946	95	3,161
1947	97	3,377
1948	100	3,122
1949	110	2,696
1950	111	2,634
1951	115	2,664
1952	113	2,695
1953	115	2,805
1954	118	2,972
1955	113	3,059
1956	113	3,219
1957	111	3,405
1958	121	3,191
1959	121	3,209
1960	121	3,076
1961	126	2,917
1962	132	2,677
1963	131	2,581
1964	142	2,276
1965	148	2,085
1966	155	1,820
1967	165	1,620
1968	169	1,590
1969	182	1,525
1970	187	1,455
1971	196	1,264
1972	197	1,177
1973	206	1,048
1974	222	950
1975	228	897
1976	238	848
1977	251	803
1978	257	790
1979	257	824
1980	261	839
1981	255	854
1982	254	865
1983	272	763
1984	272	767
1985	272	764
1986	283	740
1987	283	768
1988	305	742
1989	326	721
1990	329	753
1991	349	692
1992	394	582
1993	413	561
1994	405	565
1995	455	494
1996	484	444
1997	484	443
1998	490	445
1999	516	412
2000	516	433
2001	575	357
2002	582	371
2003	618	332
2004	577	384
Totals:		197,098		3,643

During the last 125 years, parents have used Ray as a boy's name about 98% of the time and less frequently (about 1% of the time) as a girl's name.

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