Rayborn
Rayborn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Cal Rayborn (1940-1973), American motorcycle racer John Rayborn, American football player Kenny Rayborn, American baseball player
Meaning & Origin of Rayborn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rayborn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Cal Rayborn (1940-1973), American motorcycle racer John Rayborn, American football player Kenny Rayborn, American baseball player
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The Story of Rayborn
The earliest SSA record of Rayborn as a baby boy name dates back to 1916, when 6 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Rayborn — #2,956 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Rayborn on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Rayborn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 48 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rayborn
Rayborn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 48 births in the dataset. Rayborn's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,956. Use the chart and map above to compare Rayborn'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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