Girls' name · since 2008
Raelan
Raelan has 122 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raelan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 122 have been recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Raelan recorded 122 times among girls since 2008, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2024.
- #24,957 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raelan ranks #24,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raelan's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raelan splits its recorded history at 2015: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raelan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2024
- Peak year (2015)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Raelan popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Raelan as boys' name)
Raelan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (98 births, 80% of the file).
2010s was Raelan's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Raelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 98 births (80% of all-time use).
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- Raelan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raelan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.