Rayla — #1772 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,454 babies named Rayla between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rayla currently holds the #1772 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 130 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayla performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 570 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rayla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayla in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayla 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 1,454 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.