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Raymundo vs Rayven

American parents have registered 9,493 Raymundos since 1880, against 3,188 Rayvens. But in 2025 it was Rayven that was commoner, 59 babies to 55.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Raymundo against Rayven, 1880 to 2025 0 60 120 180 240 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Raymundo Rayven

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 114 years in which either name was published, Raymundo for 105 years and Rayven for 9 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.

Side by side

  Raymundo Rayven
Total US births 9,4933,188
Most in one year 235139
Babies in 2025 5559
Estimated living today 7,9003,200
Median age today 3121
Peak year 19942004
Best rank 674th boys1,533rd girls
Rank in 2025 2,451st2,859th
First recorded 19121979
Girls / boys 0 / 9,4933,018 / 170

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Raymundos alive today are over 31; half the Rayvens are over 21. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Raymundo and Rayven.