Raylan

Where Raylan comes from

Modern coinage from Ray, compare Rylan, Braylon.
— Wiktionary's entry for Raylan
Along the way
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,464 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2009
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2015
    Peak, #473
    630 babies named Raylan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #800.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely known Raylan turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.