Ray has been given to about 210,307 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1926, which makes it a interwar name.
Ray ranks 792nd among American boys in 2025, with 338 born that year. Its best year was 1926, when 3,529 babies were given the name, ranking 57th. The typical living American called Ray is about 69 years old today. It is relatively most common in Utah, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.