Rayland

Peak · boys
2018 · 50 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
682
since 1956

Rayland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rayland has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,546, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,24036
2024#4,57122
2023#3,56632
2022#3,77429
2021#3,29735
2020#3,13636
2019#2,94341
2018#2,54650
2017#2,59748
2016#2,62647
2015#2,64146
2014#2,88540
2013#3,58229
2012#2,63246
2011#3,60529
2010#4,84819
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2008#11,0376
2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
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2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
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1988#7,2705
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1985#6,5235
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1983#4,9077
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1981#6,2625
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1969#3,5957
1968#3,6736
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1964#3,6016
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Rayland! It came in at #3,942, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1960, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rayland is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Rayland in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Rayland
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,331 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #3,240)
  • 104 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #3,240)
  • 599 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #3,240)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 2018 at #2,546 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36,323
  • Highest: 1 in 36,323 boys born in 2018 were named Rayland (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 57.9% of all boys named Rayland (395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,942 (1956)#3,942
1960s37#3,356 (1961)#3,651
1970s5#6,056 (1979)#6,056
1980s22#4,907 (1983)#6,241
1990s0——
2000s28#9,581 (2003)#10,990
2010s395#2,546 (2018)#3,091
2020s190#3,136 (2020)#3,597

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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