Raelene — #9604 US girls' name
2,445 babies named Raelene in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Raelene was born in this single decade.
55 babies were named Raelene in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raelene
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,445 babies named Raelene between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raelene currently holds the #9604 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 55 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raelene performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 429 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Raelene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 738 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Raelene in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raelene 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 2,445 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.
Raelene at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raelene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1929
- Peak year (1959)
- 55
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
Currently ranks #9604 among girls.
2,445 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 55 births in a single year.
Raelene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 429 births that decade — 18% of Raelene's all-time total
Raelene decade highlights
- Peak decade 429 births
- Runner-up 400 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Raelene's strongest decade
429 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Raelene by state
Where Raelene concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 738 | 30.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New Hampshire | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.2% |
738 of 2,445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1929–2024 (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.