How rare is the name Raelyn?

9,791 people in the United States have the first name Raelyn, about 1 in 30,848. It ranks #2,498 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAELYN

#2,498

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,791
About
1 in 30,848
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,791 people named Raelyn, 70% reported their origin as White, 11% as Black and 9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raelyn peaked in 2017, when 1,034 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
1,034
In 2025*
598 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,864 babies have been given the name since 1949. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Raelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #779. The largest share of babies named Raelyn, 70.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#8,59342
1960s#5,469135
1970s#6,126162
1980s#4,803304
1990s#3,329721
2000s#2,2021,801
2010s#7798,058
2020s#8314,636
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–801.7%
Millennials 1981–964.4%
Generation Z 1997–1223.1%
2013 and later70.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Raelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raelyn has been most common in Florida (2×), South Carolina (1.9×), and Tennessee (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.37×).

13,734 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Raelyn

#2,496 Arden · 9,804#2,497 Roselyn · 9,798#2,499 Lucero · 9,788#2,500 Eloisa · 9,769

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raelyn, most common first.

#1,801 Raelynn · 16,458#12,661 Raylyn · 977#16,800 Raelin · 666#16,837 Railyn · 664#33,752 Ralyn · 244

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