Rayshard

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rayshard has been given to 132 babies in the U.S. since 1986. 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 1989, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Rayshard, 2008

1 in 655,000

Rayshard over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rayshard: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rayshard means

Rayshard is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rayshard is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 132 boys were recorded with the name Rayshard between 1986 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1989; its best national rank was #5,086 in 1989.

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.

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How common is Rayshard?

Rayshard had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 655,000; 6 of 3,930,727 births
Among boys only: 1 in 340,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 454,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rayshard sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 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 454,097 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rayshard. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rayshards were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rayshard was born before 1995 — so the typical Rayshard is around 30 today.

Median birth year: 1995; About 30 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 47.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 132; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 47.0% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Rayshard 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 1989 (10)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,086; 1989

Spellings of Rayshard

Rayshard is not the most common spelling — Rashad is, with 50.9% against Rayshard's 0.41%.

Rashad50.9%16,247
Rayshawn12.6%4,004
Rashaad10.7%3,408
Raynard9.6%3,061
Rashard8.5%2,712
Rashaud4.1%1,310
Rayshaun3.2%1,022
Rayshard0.41%132

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.

Rayshard by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,086; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 10 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 132
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rayshard

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

Rayleigh Raynard Raymound Raymere Raylynn Raydan Rayansh Raydin Raymir Shephard Raylyn Leonhard Rayder Raydel Raydell Rayhaan Rayson Gaspard Raymondo Raynald Raynier Raykwon Raydon Rayland

Sibling names for Rayshard

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

Stephani Ashli Felisha Jalisa Britany Chantelle Leandra Lissette

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron

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