Girls' name · since 1984
Raelena
43 babies named Raelena in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raelena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 43 recorded since 1984.
Raelena has 43 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2021.
- #36,782 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raelena ranks #36,782 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raelena's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raelena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raelena's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raelena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2021
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Raelena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Raelena's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Raelena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Raelena's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raelena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1984–2021 (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 Raelena 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.