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Baby name
Ray
Boy
Origin of the name
Ray is a short form of Raymond.
Classic name
204,701births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 111rank at its peak, in 1957
Where babies named Ray are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ray is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ray is most common in West Virginia (2.1 times), Arkansas (2.1) and Oklahoma (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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