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Raelyn

#502 in 2025Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Raelyn has been given to 15,864 babies in the U.S. since 1949. In 2025 it ranked #502 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 1,029 recorded.

Babies named Raelyn, 2025

1 in 5,600

Raelyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Raelyn: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Raelyn means

Raelyn is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Raelyn is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Raelyn is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15,768 girls were recorded with the name Raelyn between 1949 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,029 in 2016; its best national rank was #316 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #371 in 2020 to #502 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #342 in 2015 to #502 in 2025.

In the United States, 96 boys were recorded with the name Raelyn between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,623 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,345 in 2020 to #11,678 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Raelyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,600
592 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 2,710
0.04% of girls
Rank, 2025
#502
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,883 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Raelyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 5009%

Put another way: gather 3,883 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raelyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raelyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raelyn was born before 2016 — so the typical Raelyn is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
50.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
15,763
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 50.9% of all recorded uses (8,022).

Is Raelyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−80
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−131
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−160
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.61×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.5%
Peak was 2016 (1,029)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#316
2017

Spellings of Raelyn

Raelyn is not the most common spelling — Evelyn is, with 46.4% against Raelyn's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Raelyn is used

Across 2016–2025, Raelyn was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 629 girls, against 1 in 1,612 across all states with data. It was least common in New Mexico (1 in 4,348).

23159 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 629
  2. 2West Virginia1 in 633
  3. 3Alabama1 in 676
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 676
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 781
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 833
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 952
  8. 8Georgia1 in 971

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Raelyn is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 39% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Raelyn around the world

Where Raelyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2018–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #898
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #963
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–1944
    #345
    in 1944

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Raelyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#502
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 131
Best rank ever
#316
2017
Peak year
2016
1,029 that year
First recorded
1949
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
15,768
Count in 2025
592

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,678
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,333
Best rank ever
#7,623
2022
Peak year
2022
11 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
96
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Raelyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Raelyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Raelyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AdelynnBrinleyCharleeBriellaNylahPhoenixJourneyEvelynnGracelynnFinleyKamilaSawyer

Sibling names for Raelyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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