Rising since 2022.
Popularity of Rayjon since 1995
Babies named Rayjon per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 38 |
| 2000s | 52 |
| 2010s | 54 |
| 2020s | 5 |
Meaning & origin
Rayjon is a modern American coinage that first appeared on the Social Security Administration's records in 1995. It is formed by combining the familiar name Ray with the suffix -jon, a pattern seen in names like Dajon and Tyjon. The name reached its highest recorded usage in 2010, and since 2022 its frequency has been rising again, though it remains very rare: it never cracked the top 1,000 nationally. Rayjon is almost exclusively given to boys, and its use is scattered across the United States without a single dominant state. As a twenty-first-century creation, it reflects contemporary naming tastes that value uniqueness and phonetic distinctiveness over historical or etymological tradition.
Rayjon is a modern coinage blending the given name Ray, itself a diminutive of Raymond (from Germanic *ragin 'advice' + *munt 'protector'), with the popular suffix -jon, influenced by names like Jon or Dajon. It first appeared on U.S. records in 1995 and saw its peak usage in 2010, part of a trend of creating distinctive phonetic combinations.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ray, J
Sibling names for Rayjon
Names that share Rayjon's style, for a brother or sister.
