Railey — #8163 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Railey

The Social Security Administration has registered 755 babies named Railey between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Railey currently holds the #8163 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 48 babies received it in a single year. Railey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 48 additional births since 2003.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Railey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 317 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Railey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Railey in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Railey 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 755 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.