Girls' name · since 1969
Raelee
Raelee has 1,914 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,835 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,872 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,914
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raelee currently ranks #2872 among girls' names in America, with 1,914 babies recorded since 1969.
Raelee has 1,914 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2872 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #4,835 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,872 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,914 born since 1969
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raelee ranks #4,835 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,872 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,914 born since 1969, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,835 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,872 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,914
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raelee's 1,914 recorded births place it above 93.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Raelee compares
1,914 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Raelee's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raelee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,914 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raelee's full recorded timeline at 2005, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 104 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #2872 among girls.
1,914 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 104 births in a single year.
Raelee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (820 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Raelee's strongest decade.
820 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Raelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 121
1990s
121 births
- 2000s
2000s
495 births
- 2010s
2010s
820 births
- 2020s
2020s
433 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 820 births (43% of all-time use).
Raelee decade highlights
- Peak decade 820 births
- Runner-up 495 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Raelee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Raelee's total volume
Raelee by state
Where Raelee concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 177 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 57 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 35 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 27 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 17 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Utah | | 16 | 0.8% |
177 of 1,914 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.2% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 3.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.8% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Raelee appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Raelee's data
- Raelee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (820 total births) through the 2020s (433) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Raelees (177 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raelee: 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 (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Raelee 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.
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