Raydon
Raydon is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles south-east of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also includes the hamlets of Lower Raydon (west) and The Woodlands (east). It was recorded in Domesday as "Reindune" or "Reinduna" and appears on John Speed's 1610 map as "Roydon".
Meaning & Origin of Raydon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raydon is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles south-east of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also includes the hamlets of Lower Raydon (west) and The Woodlands (east). It was recorded in Domesday as "Reindune" or "Reinduna" and appears on John Speed's 1610 map as "Roydon".
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The Story of Raydon
American parents first put Raydon on the record books as a baby boy name in 1971, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 22 Raydons were born — ranking #4,473 that year. About 49% of every Raydon on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Raydon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 311 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Raydon
Raydon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 311 births in the dataset. Raydon's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #4,473. Use the chart and map above to compare Raydon'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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