Raelyn
- #502 for girls in 2025, 592 births
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 1,027 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,768since 1949
Raelyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Raelyn has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #502 | 592 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #422 | 736 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #397 | 773 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #382 | 821 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #380 | 824 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #371 | 837 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #342 | 922 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #327 | 993 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #316 | 1,027 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #317 | 1,029 | — | |
| 2015 | #342 | 963 | — | |
| 2014 | #410 | 784 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #414 | 732 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #449 | 696 | — | |
| 2011 | #584 | 494 | — | |
| 2010 | #732 | 382 | — | |
| 2009 | #924 | 289 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,045 | 250 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,115 | 232 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,234 | 195 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,227 | 185 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,446 | 142 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #1,358 | 149 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,444 | 132 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,627 | 112 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,632 | 108 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,654 | 100 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,751 | 90 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,595 | 100 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,999 | 70 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,033 | 67 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five girls were named Raelyn! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Raelyn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Tennessee#218 · 1 in 891
- South Carolina#219 · 1 in 831
- South Dakota#233 · 1 in 610
- Mississippi#242 · 1 in 809
- Arkansas#250 · 1 in 883
Best ever in a state: #79 in Mississippi, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #218 | 36 | 1 in 891 |
| South Carolina | #219 | 22 | 1 in 831 |
| South Dakota | #233 | 5 | 1 in 610 |
| Mississippi | #242 | 11 | 1 in 809 |
| Arkansas | #250 | 12 | 1 in 883 |
| Missouri | #311 | 19 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Kentucky | #331 | 13 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Georgia | #349 | 31 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Idaho | #351 | 6 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Virginia | #359 | 22 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Kansas | #361 | 9 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Maryland | #379 | 14 | 1 in 1,428 |
| Florida | #383 | 48 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Alabama | #391 | 12 | 1 in 1,527 |
| Wisconsin | #391 | 13 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Washington | #414 | 17 | 1 in 1,698 |
| Ohio | #416 | 27 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 10 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Michigan | #457 | 18 | 1 in 1,985 |
| North Carolina | #472 | 23 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Massachusetts | #481 | 11 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Iowa | #492 | 6 | 1 in 1,962 |
| Minnesota | #502 | 10 | 1 in 2,148 |
| New Jersey | #572 | 13 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Indiana | #577 | 11 | 1 in 2,537 |
| Pennsylvania | #615 | 16 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Texas | #674 | 45 | 1 in 3,568 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| California | #939 | 30 | 1 in 5,391 |
| New York | #1,087 | 13 | 1 in 6,025 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Raelyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 131 spots since 2020 (#371 → #502)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 80 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 2017 at #316 (1,027 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,681
- Highest: 1 in 1,681 girls born in 2017 were named Raelyn (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,715 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 50.9% of all girls named Raelyn (8,022) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,244 (1949) | #5,244 |
| 1950s | 42 | #2,862 (1958) | #4,034 |
| 1960s | 135 | #2,708 (1968) | #3,790 |
| 1970s | 162 | #3,062 (1971) | #4,179 |
| 1980s | 304 | #2,489 (1988) | #3,065 |
| 1990s | 721 | #1,595 (1997) | #2,037 |
| 2000s | 1,794 | #924 (2009) | #1,305 |
| 2010s | 8,022 | #316 (2017) | #423 |
| 2020s | 4,583 | #371 (2020) | #409 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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