Girls' name · since 1988
Raley
Raley has 383 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,538 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 383
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raley currently ranks #15538 among girls' names in America, with 383 babies recorded since 1988.
Raley has 383 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15538 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #13,885 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,538 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 383 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raley ranks #13,885 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,538 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 383 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,538 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 383
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raley's 383 recorded births place it above 80.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Raley compares
383 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Raley's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 383 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raley's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Raley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (174 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Raley's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Raley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 58
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
174 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 174 births (45% of all-time use).
Raley by state
Where Raley concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 4.2% |
16 of 383 births nationwide.
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What to do with Raley's data
- Raley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (174 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Raleys (16 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 Raley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1988–2025 (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 Raley 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.