Girls' name · since 2007
Rhaelyn
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 130 babies named Rhaelyn, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,280 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,784 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
130 babies have been named Rhaelyn since 2007, making it today's #7784 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Rhaelyn recorded 130 times among girls since 2007, holding rank #7784 nationally today, ahead of 55% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #24,280 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,784 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhaelyn ranks #24,280 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,784 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 130 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,280 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,784 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rhaelyn's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rhaelyn compares
130 29th 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
Rhaelyn's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhaelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhaelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rhaelyn's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rhaelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rhaelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (70 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Rhaelyn's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Rhaelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 70 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rhaelyn's data
- Rhaelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (70 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- 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 Rhaelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Rhaelyn 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.