as a First Name
From an Old French name, Raimund, of Germanic origin, from ragin ‘advice, decision’ + mund ‘protector’. This was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. Subsequently it dropped out of use, but was revived in the middle of the 19th century, together with several other given names of Old English and Norman origin.
| 97th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 477,096
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 738,042
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Raymond per capita
- 1926
- marked the height of its popularity
0.09%
99.91%
51%
55+
55+
32%
30-54
30-54
9%
13-29
13-29
7%
0-12
0-12
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