Girls' name · since 2005
Raylei
115 babies named Raylei in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,639 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,871 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raylei currently ranks #9871 among girls' names in America, with 115 babies recorded since 2005.
Raylei has 115 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9871 as of the latest data, more common than 43% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #25,639 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,871 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 115 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raylei ranks #25,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,871 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 115 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,639 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,871 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raylei's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raylei compares
115 27th 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
Raylei's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raylei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 115 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raylei's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Raylei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Raylei's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Raylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (55% of all-time use).
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What to do with Raylei's data
- Raylei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- 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 Raylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Raylei 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.