Raelani — #6595 US girls' name
103 babies named Raelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to girls today.
71% of everyone ever named Raelani was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Raelani in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raelani
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Raelani between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raelani currently holds the #6595 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raelani performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Raelani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raelani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raelani 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 103 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.
Raelani at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Raelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #6595 among girls.
103 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Raelani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 73 births that decade — 71% of Raelani's all-time total
Raelani decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Raelani's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Raelani by state
Where Raelani concentrates geographically — total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 5.8% |
6 of 103 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2016–2024 (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.