Raeburn
Raeburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Agnes Raeburn (1872-1955), Scottish artist Anna Raeburn, British broadcaster and journalist Boyd Raeburn U.S.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Raeburn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raeburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Agnes Raeburn (1872-1955), Scottish artist Anna Raeburn, British broadcaster and journalist Boyd Raeburn U.S.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Raeburn
Raeburn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1930: 8 births, good for #3,022 nationwide. About 48% of every Raeburn on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Raeburn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1938, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 42 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Raeburn
Raeburn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 42 births in the dataset. Raeburn's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #3,022. Use the chart and map above to compare Raeburn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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