Raynelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Raynelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Raynelle between 1937 and 2002, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raynelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raynelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Raynelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raynelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raynelle 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 226 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.