Wray

Boy · recorded 1906–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 1989. 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 Wray.

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Its story

Popularity since 1906

0193819061927194819681989

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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 69 recorded years as a table
Wray, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190638
190734
191212
191316
191424
191515
191618
19176
191816
191917
192010
192111
192213
192312
192411
192515
192615
192725
192814
192918
19306
193115
193221
193315
193415
193513
193617
193720
193812
19399
194011
194110
19429
194310
19447
194513
19468
19478
19488
19498
195010
195110
19526
19538
19545
19556
19564
19575
19588
19595
19608
19615
19623
19634
19646
19653
196611
19677
19696
19706
19716
19726
19734
19793
19834
19853
19863
19874
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wray 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1906
859

Wray was last recorded in 1989. 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 1906, at 38 per million boys born.

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

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