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Baby name
Raymond
Boy
Origin of the name
Raymond is a Germanic name made of two elements meaning “counsel” and “protection”: “he who protects through counsel.”
Classic name
779,794births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 15rank at its peak, in 1924
Where babies named Raymond are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Raymond is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Raymond is most common in Rhode Island (3.1 times), Vermont (2.3) and Maine (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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