Raelyn — #422 US girls' name
15,166 babies named Raelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Raelyn was born in this single decade.
1,029 babies were named Raelyn in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 15,166 babies named Raelyn between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raelyn currently holds the #422 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 1,029 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8,020 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Raelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Raelyn in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raelyn 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 15,166 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.
Raelyn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Raelyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (2016)
- 1,029
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #422 among girls.
15,166 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 1,029 births in a single year.
Raelyn popularity over time — boys
90 total births recorded since 2004 (Raelyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Raelyn accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Raelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 8,020 births that decade — 53% of Raelyn's all-time total
Raelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 8,020 births
- Runner-up 3,983 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Raelyn's strongest decade
8,020 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Raelyn by state
Where Raelyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,149 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 916 | 6.0% |
| #3 | California | | 842 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 701 | 4.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 673 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 644 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 588 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 525 | 3.5% |
1,149 of 15,166 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- California 5.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 46 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Raelyn appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1949–2024 (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.