Raydon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raydon by the numbers

Raydon was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Raydon

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 Raydon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
  • Raymonwise protector; a form of Raymond5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raylon57 in the US (2017)
  • Rayvon33 in the US (2017)
  • Rayson19 in the US (2017)
  • Rayon12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Raydon

Names that are said the same way as Raydon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
  • Raidanthunder and lightning; used in English8 in the US (2017)
  • Radennoble, aristocratic5 in the US (2017)
  • Raidyn55 in the US (2017)
  • Radin6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raydin8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Raydon

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