Unisex name · since 2004
Rayen
172 babies named Rayen in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,097 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rayen is the #16097 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 172 recorded since 2004.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayen has been recorded 172 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #16097 nationally and more common than 7% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #21,389 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,097 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 172 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayen ranks #21,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,097 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 172 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,097 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rayen's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rayen compares
172 34th percentile among 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
Rayen's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rayen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 172 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rayen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rayen's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rayen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Rayen popularity over time - boys
115 total births recorded since 1993 (Rayen as boys' name)
Rayen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (91 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Rayen's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Rayen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 91 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rayen's data
- Rayen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rayen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
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, 2004–2025 (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 Rayen 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.