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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

RaymondIn Hebrew: ריימונד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Raymond (Hebrew: ריימונד) is a unisex name of international origin. 365 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1949, with 25 babies.

People in Israel
365
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1949
25 babies
USA, 2025
807
rank #394

Writing and saying Raymond

In Hebrew letters the name is ריימונד, read right to left. Raymond is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Raymond by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Raymond: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Raymond in English-speaking countries

Raymond in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025807#3941924 (12,873)
United Kingdom202565#6391997 (87)
England and Wales202559#6282022 (79)
Scotland20256#4951975 (130)
Ireland20256#4921974 (287)
British Columbia20237#4421956 (156)
Alberta202510#4461982 (44)
Quebec20258#5121980 (33)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Raymond has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Raymond

How do you write Raymond in Hebrew?

Raymond is written ריימונד in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Raymond?

365 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ריימונד: 133 women and 232 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Raymond a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 36% of the people named ריימונד are women and 64% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Raymond used outside Israel?

The name Raymond appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 807 boys were given it in 2025 (#394), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 65 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.