girls:
372 births since 1924
#5344 (6th percentile)
boys:
406 births since 1930
#4180 (9th percentile)
overall:
778 births since 1924
#6961 (10th percentile)
The name Laray is the #6,961 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 778 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,180 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 406 births since 1930. For girls, it ranks #5,344 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 372 births since 1924.
Laray first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for girls and 1930 for boys). Birth data for Laray is available in 73 out of the 99 years between 1924 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Laray is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Laray were boys. Interestingly, until around 1950, the name was more popular for girls (71.2% girls from 1924 to 1949), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (54.1% boys from 1950 to 2022).
For boys, Laray reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #697) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Laray reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #858) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laray".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Laray. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.3% confident that Laray is pronounced as luh-RAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ler-AY, at 25.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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