Raymonde
A feminine French name derived from the Germanic name Raimund, meaning "advice" and "protection".
Name Census estimates that about 38 living Americans carry the first name Raymonde. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Raymonde today is around 75 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Raymonde births was 1943 (7 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Raymonde. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Raymonde is about 75 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Raymondes were born before 1961.
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Raymonde. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
38
~ 1 in 9,019,851 Americans
Peak year
1943
7 babies that year
Average age
75
years old
1960 SSA rank
#7,091
Tracked since 1920
Census
Raymonde in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,060 people with the first name Raymonde, which placed it at #11,914 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#11,914
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,060 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
60.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Raymonde
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Raymonde is Black at 60.2%. The next largest groups are White (37.5%) and Hispanic (1.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Raymonde described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Raymonde at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American60.2% · 638
- White37.5% · 398
- Hispanic or Latino1.1% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 6
- Two or more races0.5% · 5
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 1
Popularity
Raymonde: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Raymonde from the 1920s through to the 1960s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1940s, with 31 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1940s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Raymonde by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Raymonde during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Raymonde
Raymonde is a French given name with origins in the Germanic Frankish culture. The name is derived from the Germanic elements "raid" meaning counsel and "mund" meaning protection. It emerged in the early Middle Ages as the feminine form of the male name Raymond.
In the 8th century, the name appears in Frankish records and chronicles from the Carolingian dynasty. Its earliest known bearer was Raymonde of Toulouse, a noblewoman who lived in the late 8th century and was married to Duke William of Aquitaine.
The name gained prominence in the 11th century when Raymonde de la Vieille, a prominent figure in the First Crusade, accompanied her husband Raymond IV of Toulouse to the Holy Land. She played a vital role in the successful siege of Antioch in 1098.
In the 12th century, Raymonde de Baux was a Countess of Toulouse and a powerful figure in the Languedoc region of France. She was known for her political acumen and her support for the Cathar movement.
The name Raymonde also appears in religious texts, such as the Vita Raymundi, a 13th-century hagiography of St. Raymond of Penyafort, a Spanish Dominican friar and canonized saint.
Notable historical figures named Raymonde include Raymonde Folco de Provence, a 13th-century noblewoman and patron of troubadours, and Raymonde de Salette, a 15th-century French mystic who reported a Marian apparition near La Salette.
Raymonde de Laroche, born in 1886, was a pioneering French aviator and one of the first women to receive a pilot's license. She set several altitude records for women in the early 20th century.
Raymonde Moulin, born in 1924, was a French Resistance fighter during World War II and a prominent figure in the French Resistance movement against the German occupation.
Raymonde Fol, born in 1924, was a French biologist and oceanographer known for her research on marine invertebrates and her contributions to the study of coral reefs.
People
Raymonde + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Raymonde as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Raymonde: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Raymonde?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 38 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Raymonde going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 9,019,851 US residents.
Is Raymonde a common name?
We classify Raymonde as "Very Rare". It ranks above 50.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 97 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Raymonde most popular?
The single biggest year for Raymonde was 1943, when 7 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Raymonde is about 75 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Raymonde in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,060 people with the name Raymonde, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,914 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Raymonde in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Raymonde?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Raymonde leans strongly female. 1,026 people counted with this name were female (96.0%), compared with 43 male bearers (4.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Raymonde?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Raymonde is Black at 60.2%. The next largest groups are White (37.5%) and Hispanic (1.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Raymonde most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Raymonde in the 2020 Census, accounting for 60.2% (638 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Raymonde in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Raymonde a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Raymonde in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Raymonde still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Raymonde in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Raymonde can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Raymonde?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Raymonde, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.