Rayon
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Rayon by the numbers
Rayon was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Rayon
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 Rayon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayvon33 in the US (2017)
- Ryon20 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
- Raynerain or counsel; a modern respelling of Raine368 in the US (2017)
- Rayyanwatered, irrigated; one who drinks261 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rayon
Names that are said the same way as Rayon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Rayon
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