Rayn — #4718 US unisex name
633 babies named Rayn in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Rayn was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Rayn in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rayn
The Social Security Administration has registered 633 babies named Rayn between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rayn currently holds the #4718 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Rayn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 575 additional births since 1973.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 222 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rayn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rayn 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 633 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.
Rayn at a glance
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Current rank
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Rayn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2023)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #4718 among girls.
633 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 37 births in a single year.
Rayn popularity over time — boys
575 total births recorded since 1973 (Rayn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rayn accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rayn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 222 births that decade — 35% of Rayn's all-time total
Rayn decade highlights
- Peak decade 222 births
- Runner-up 205 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rayn's strongest decade
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Rayn by state
Where Rayn concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.