Girls' name · since 1988
Raylee
Raylee has 5,037 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,037
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raylee is the #1167 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,037 recorded since 1988.
Raylee has 5,037 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1167 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, 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 1988 to 2025.
- #2,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,167 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,037 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raylee ranks #2,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,167 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,037 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,037
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raylee's 5,037 recorded births place it above 96.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Raylee compares
5,037 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Raylee's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,037 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 312 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raylee's full recorded timeline at 2008, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 312 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raylee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 312
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Raylee popularity over time - boys
94 total births recorded since 1993 (Raylee as boys' name)
Raylee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,535 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Raylee's strongest decade.
2,535 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Raylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 161
1990s
161 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,079 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,535 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,257 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,535 births (50% of all-time use).
How Raylee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Raylee's total volume
Raylee by state
Where Raylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 733 | 14.6% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 301 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 251 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 192 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 180 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 179 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 176 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 157 | 3.1% |
733 of 5,037 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Raylee appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Raylee's data
- Raylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,535 total births) through the 2020s (1,257) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Raylees (733 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Raylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~37 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, 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 Raylee 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.