Railey
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
- Given to girls 94.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 48 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 772since 1995
Railey over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,469 | 46 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1995
The first year at least five girls were named Railey! It came in at #10,514, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Railey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Railey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Railey
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,421 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #6,546)
- 3,000 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #6,546)
- 1,693 spots since 2015 (#4,853 → #6,546)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1995
- Peaked 2007 at #3,428 (48 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,055
- Highest: 1 in 40,055 girls born in 2007 were named Railey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 41.1% of all girls named Railey (317) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55 | #5,219 (1999) | #9,080 |
| 2000s | 317 | #3,428 (2007) | #4,563 |
| 2010s | 303 | #3,745 (2010) | #4,730 |
| 2020s | 97 | #5,465 (2022) | #7,187 |
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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