Girls' name · since 2012
Rhaelynn
120 babies named Rhaelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,768 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rhaelynn currently ranks #8768 among girls' names in America, with 120 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Rhaelynn recorded 120 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #8768 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #25,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,768 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhaelynn ranks #25,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,768 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,768 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rhaelynn's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rhaelynn compares
120 28th 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
Rhaelynn's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rhaelynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rhaelynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rhaelynn's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rhaelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Rhaelynn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Rhaelynn's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Rhaelynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (63% of all-time use).
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Rhaelynn 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.