Raylyn
- #2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to girls 92.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 63 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,149since 1963
Raylyn 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 | #2,957 | 56 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,386 | 47 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,894 | 58 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,004 | 54 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #3,092 | 54 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #2,837 | 60 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #2,770 | 63 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five girls were named Raylyn! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Raylyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Raylyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Raylyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,006 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #2,957)
- 719 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #2,957)
- 135 spots since 2015 (#3,092 → #2,957)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2012 at #2,770 (63 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 27,953
- Highest: 1 in 27,953 girls born in 2012 were named Raylyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 44.7% of all girls named Raylyn (514) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20 | #6,592 (1963) | #6,909 |
| 1970s | 15 | #8,292 (1972) | #9,417 |
| 1980s | 23 | #8,523 (1986) | #9,814 |
| 1990s | 96 | #4,955 (1998) | #9,372 |
| 2000s | 206 | #4,475 (2007) | #6,199 |
| 2010s | 514 | #2,770 (2012) | #3,204 |
| 2020s | 275 | #2,894 (2022) | #3,469 |
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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