Raley — #10522 US girls' name
378 babies named Raley in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Raley was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Raley in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raley
The Social Security Administration has registered 378 babies named Raley between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raley currently holds the #10522 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Raley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raley 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 378 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.
Raley at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Raley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2007)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #10522 among girls.
378 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 25 births in a single year.
Raley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 174 births that decade — 46% of Raley's all-time total
Raley decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Raley's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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 378 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1988–2024 (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.