Rayona — girls' name
370 babies named Rayona in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Rayona was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Rayona in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rayona
The Social Security Administration has registered 370 babies named Rayona between 1928 and 2023, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rayona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayona performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rayona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rayona in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rayona 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 370 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.
Rayona at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rayona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1928
- Peak year (2000)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
370 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 28 births in a single year.
Rayona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 181 births that decade — 49% of Rayona's all-time total
Rayona decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rayona's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Rayona by state
Where Rayona concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 370 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 1.4% 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, 1928–2023 (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.