Cray

Boy · recorded 1962–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1993best year

Most popular in 1993.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cray.

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Its story

Popularity since 1962

03519621974198719992011

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Cray, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19623
19883
19892
19902
19923
19935
19943
19954
19964
19983
20003
20014
20023
20033
20053
20063
20103
20114

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cray isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2011
8
Rank in 2011
#8,767
How rare
1 in 237,406 boys
Since 1962
111

Cray was last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1993, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cray doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.