Ray in California
Babies in California
16,036
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#607
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ray in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 48 | 607 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2,843 | 62 | 521 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,576 | 56 | 540 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,385 | 71 | 468 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,189 | 47 | 615 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 68 | 480 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 55 | 562 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,225 | 72 | 462 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 68 | 490 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,306 | 69 | 494 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 66 | 504 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 68 | 492 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 69 | 468 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 60 | 508 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 59 | 505 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 59 | 509 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 55 | 548 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 66 | 488 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 70 | 464 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 74 | 445 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 86 | 401 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 69 | 434 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 71 | 419 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 60 | 445 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 51 | 490 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 78 | 392 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,734 | 75 | 390 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 73 | 401 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 72 | 399 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 71 | 414 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 111 | 319 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 113 | 317 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 98 | 353 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 101 | 347 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 125 | 308 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 137 | 285 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 118 | 301 |
| 1988 | 5 | 2,849 | 116 | 279 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 120 | 271 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 111 | 277 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 100 | 282 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 109 | 267 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 86 | 298 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 124 | 242 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 114 | 252 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 111 | 257 |
| 1979 | 5 | 2,184 | 106 | 244 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 93 | 251 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 88 | 265 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 103 | 234 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 86 | 251 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 122 | 199 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 119 | 201 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 131 | 193 |
| 1971 | 6 | 1,646 | 165 | 179 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 163 | 186 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 215 | 153 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 202 | 154 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 172 | 170 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 212 | 144 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 233 | 141 |
| 1964 | 5 | 1,653 | 251 | 138 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 306 | 123 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 305 | 118 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 324 | 117 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 311 | 123 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 323 | 112 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 295 | 120 |
| 1957 | 6 | 1,303 | 326 | 105 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 308 | 98 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 237 | 117 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 239 | 113 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 225 | 113 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 228 | 107 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 193 | 109 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 223 | 97 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 269 | 88 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 257 | 95 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 301 | 82 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 295 | 72 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 212 | 83 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 259 | 63 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 244 | 69 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 254 | 59 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 187 | 66 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 164 | 68 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 176 | 59 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 180 | 57 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 187 | 48 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 147 | 56 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 142 | 56 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 176 | 47 |
| 1933 | 5 | 542 | 160 | 47 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 162 | 46 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 161 | 47 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 152 | 49 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 135 | 51 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 145 | 49 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 145 | 52 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 144 | 51 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 148 | 47 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 148 | 48 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 122 | 51 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 99 | 59 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 102 | 52 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 91 | 58 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 85 | 51 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 76 | 58 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 75 | 52 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 53 | 66 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 58 | 58 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 56 | 50 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 50 | 45 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 39 | 44 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 18 | 42 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 18 | 46 |