Raiford

Boy · recorded 1913–1992

  • 1992last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

091719131933195319721992

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Raiford, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
191415
191511
191617
191714
191816
19199
19208
19219
192210
19239
192411
192512
19267
19278
192814
192911
19308
193116
193210
19338
193411
193512
19368
19378
193813
19397
19405
194112
194212
19438
19448
19456
19467
19475
19489
19494
19508
19517
19525
19533
19546
19554
19566
19574
19584
19604
19613
19633
19653
19663
19684
19694
19703
19714
19733
19754
19774
19793
19843
19854
19923

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Raiford isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1992
5
Rank in 1992
#8,435
How rare
1 in 399,481 boys
Since 1913
594

Raiford was last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 17 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Raiford doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.