Rayshell

Peak · girls
1969 · 7 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
193
since 1961

Rayshell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rayshell has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,974, 1969girls
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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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2024#15,2935
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2009#13,7047
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2005#16,4625
2004#16,0995
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2002#9,48210
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2000#9,8749
1999#11,3857
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1995#8,07910
1994#11,7786
1993#11,7806
1992#11,7386
1991#8,5889
1990#12,9585
1989#8,0379
1988#7,6919
1987#8,7787
1986#6,61210
1985#10,6775
1984#8,1537
1983#7,3128
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1978#9,7505
1977#9,6525
1976#6,0489
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1970#7,9955
1969#5,9747
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Rayshell! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rayshell is popular in 2025

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

See more about Rayshell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1969 at #5,974 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 3 yrs 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 162,789
  • Highest: 1 in 162,789 girls born in 1976 were named Rayshell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5,974 in 1969, was only 1 in 241,002 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 28.5% of all girls named Rayshell (55) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s12#5,974 (1969)#6,271
1970s36#6,048 (1976)#8,379
1980s55#6,612 (1986)#8,180
1990s49#8,079 (1995)#10,901
2000s36#9,482 (2002)#13,124
2010s0——
2020s5#15,293 (2024)#15,293

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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