How rare is the name Raylan?

4,567 people in the United States have the first name Raylan, about 1 in 66,133. It ranks #4,189 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAYLAN

#4,189

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,567
About
1 in 66,133
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,567 people named Raylan, 78.3% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as Black. 90.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raylan peaked in 2015, when 687 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
687
In 2025*
331 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,442 babies have been given the name since 1975. 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.

Raylan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,182. The largest share of babies named Raylan, 84.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#20,24311
1980s#29,8365
1990s#23,42230
2000s#15,247111
2010s#1,1824,745
2020s#1,3142,540
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–1215.3%
2013 and later84.2%

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 Raylan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raylan has been most common in Kentucky (4.1×), Tennessee (3.7×), and Arkansas (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.17×).

6,181 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 Raylan

#4,187 Armida · 4,572#4,187 Tung · 4,572#4,190 Lynsey · 4,560#4,190 Rio · 4,560

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,976 Raylen · 1,583#9,309 Raylin · 1,501#12,661 Raylyn · 977#13,136 Raylon · 928

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