Raycer

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raycer by the numbers

Raycer was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Raycer

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raycer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Raynerwarrior or counselor; a form of Rainer15 in the US (2017)
  • Rayce29 in the US (2017)
  • Rayder18 in the US (2017)
  • Racer5 in the US (2017)
  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
  • Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Raycer

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