Raymonde

Girls' name

Feminine form of Raymond

Raymonde has been given to 97 babies in the U.S. since 1920. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1943, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Raymonde, 1960

1 in 831,000

Raymonde over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Raymonde: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Raymond

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Raymonde means

Raymonde is a feminine form of Raymond.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Raymonde is used in French.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʁɛ.mɔ̃d/ for Raymonde.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Raymonde → Raymond. The family’s meaning is “advice + protection”, recorded in English with the source elements raginą and mundō.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Raymond.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Raymonde is pronounced /ʁɛ.mɔ̃d/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 girls were recorded with the name Raymonde between 1920 and 1960. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1943; its best national rank was #4,105 in 1943.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Raymonde?

Raymonde had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1960, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1960: 1 in 831,000; 5 of 4,153,934 births
Among girls only: 1 in 404,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1960: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 575,859 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Raymonde sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1960 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 575,859 children born in 1960 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raymonde. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raymondes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raymonde was born before 1944 — so the typical Raymonde is around 81 today.

Median birth year: 1944; About 81 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 32.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 63.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 32.0% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Raymonde rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1943 (7)
Years since peak: 82; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 9.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,105; 1943

Spellings of Raymonde

Raymonde is not the most common spelling — Raymond is, with 97.3% against Raymonde's 2.7%.

Raymond97.3%3,517
Raymonde2.7%97

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Raymonde around the world

Where Raymonde ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1900–2022
#7,654
in 2022

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Raymonde by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,105; 1943
Peak year: 1943; 7 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 1960
All-time count: 97
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Raymonde

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Raylynne Rayelynn Raylani Raylinn Raylah Rayhana Raylei Rayhan Raychell Rayyona Raymonda Rayshawn Rayshell Rayniyah Raynesha Raynisha Raynelle Raynetta Rayelle Rayaan Raymie Rayley Rayannah Rayhanna

Sibling names for Raymonde

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Judie Carroll Prudence Gerry Donnie Sammie Jerilyn Dottie

For a brother

Jerold Gail Errol Lupe Connie Jerald Truman Mack

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