Rayla
- #1,561 for girls in 2025, 135 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,590since 1955
Rayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Rayla has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,561 | 135 |
| 2024 | #1,779 | 113 |
| 2023 | #1,603 | 130 |
| 2022 | #1,885 | 107 |
| 2021 | #1,710 | 121 |
| 2020 | #1,908 | 100 |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 |
| 2017 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Rayla! It came in at #4,069, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rayla is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#565 · 1 in 2,354
- Utah#704 · 1 in 3,415
- Michigan#863 · 1 in 4,466
- Virginia#1,180 · 1 in 6,748
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 7,781
Best ever in a state: #565 in Iowa, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Texas | #1,714 | 13 | 1 in 12,349 |
| California | #1,830 | 11 | 1 in 14,702 |
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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 Rayla
- 347 spots since 2020 (#1,908 → #1,561)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 2025 at #1,561 (135 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,906 girls born in 2025 were named Rayla (0.01%)
- 44.4% of all girls named Rayla (706) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 14 | #4,069 (1955) | #5,011 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,011 (1962) | #5,745 |
| 1970s | 32 | #7,984 (1975) | #8,786 |
| 1980s | 72 | #6,457 (1985) | #8,006 |
| 1990s | 121 | #5,363 (1998) | #7,353 |
| 2000s | 217 | #4,265 (2006) | #5,986 |
| 2010s | 393 | #2,400 (2019) | #4,169 |
| 2020s | 706 | #1,561 (2025) | #1,741 |
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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