Girls' name · since 2002
Raylea
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 194 babies named Raylea, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raylea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 194 recorded since 2002.
Raylea has 194 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2023.
- #20,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 194 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raylea ranks #20,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raylea's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raylea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raylea splits its recorded history at 2012: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raylea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Raylea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Raylea's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Raylea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Raylea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Raylea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
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, 2002–2023 (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 Raylea 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.