Raelan — #14560 US girls' name
122 babies named Raelan in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
80% of everyone ever named Raelan was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Raelan in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raelan
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Raelan between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raelan currently holds the #14560 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raelan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Raelan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raelan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 122 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Raelan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raelan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2015)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #14560 among girls.
122 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 17 births in a single year.
Raelan popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Raelan as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Raelan accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Raelan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 98 births that decade — 80% of Raelan's all-time total
Raelan decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Raelan's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.