How Many People Are Named Raelyn?

15,715

people named Raelyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 21,748 people in the US has this name

Based on 15,864 babies named Raelyn in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,859

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,004

See the top 100

Peak Year

2017

1,034 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: RAY-lin
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Combination of RAE and the popular name suffix lyn.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.4%
Male
0.6%

Of the babies given the name Raelyn, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Raelyn alive today is about 11 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 14 in 2025.

Under 30 14,759
93.9%
30 to 59 860
5.5%
60 and over 96
0.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Raelyn first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 2017, to 1,034 babies. In 2025, 598 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Raelyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #316, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #502.

Girls
Rank in 2025#502
Best rank#316 (2017)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#395 in the 2010s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Raelyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Raelyn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,185 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Raelyn was given 2.9 times as often in West Virginia, 2.5 times in Kentucky and 2.4 times in Mississippi.

Texas 1,185
Florida 958
California 865
Georgia 728
North Carolina 692
Ohio 667
Pennsylvania 600
Tennessee 560
Michigan 503
Kentucky 435
Illinois 424
Indiana 413
Alabama 402
New York 391
South Carolina 384
Missouri 357
Louisiana 355
Virginia 352
Wisconsin 337
Mississippi 251
Minnesota 245
Washington 223
Maryland 207
Arizona 206
New Jersey 197
Iowa 187
Oklahoma 175
Massachusetts 173
Colorado 173
West Virginia 166
Arkansas 159
Kansas 126
Nebraska 84
Oregon 79
Utah 74
Connecticut 60
Nevada 54
Idaho 48
South Dakota 29
New Hampshire 24
New Mexico 23
Delaware 21
Maine 20
Alaska 17
North Dakota 13
Hawaii 5

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