Rayleen
- #4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,255since 1942
Rayleen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rayleen has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
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| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
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| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five girls were named Rayleen! It came in at #3,444, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rayleen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#2,093 · 1 in 17,969
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #1,081 in California, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 94 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,987)
- 6,103 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #4,987)
- 3,021 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #4,987)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1955 at #2,635 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 1 yr 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 45,845
- Highest: 1 in 45,845 girls born in 2023 were named Rayleen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,635 in 1955, was only 1 in 108,626 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 22.1% of all girls named Rayleen (277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 34 | #3,444 (1942) | #4,189 |
| 1950s | 95 | #2,635 (1955) | #3,846 |
| 1960s | 113 | #3,189 (1961) | #4,338 |
| 1970s | 82 | #5,109 (1972) | #6,648 |
| 1980s | 103 | #4,347 (1986) | #6,988 |
| 1990s | 185 | #4,007 (1997) | #5,637 |
| 2000s | 277 | #3,940 (2001) | #4,831 |
| 2010s | 208 | #4,974 (2010) | #6,172 |
| 2020s | 158 | #4,108 (2022) | #5,671 |
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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