Raynard
Raynard is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Raynard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raynard is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Raynard
The earliest SSA record of Raynard as a baby boy name dates back to 1912, when 8 babies received it. 1962 was its biggest year on record, with 123 newborns named Raynard — #693 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Raynard on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Raynard last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Raynard
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About the name Raynard
Raynard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Raynard's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #693. Use the chart and map above to compare Raynard'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.