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Raylan

#802 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Raylan has been given to 7,442 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #802 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 630 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Raylan, 2025

1 in 10,700

Raylan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Raylan over time

In 2025, Raylan went to 6% girls and 94% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Raylan: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Raylan means

Raylan is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Raylan is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Raylan is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,856 boys were recorded with the name Raylan between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 630 in 2015; its best national rank was #473 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #614 in 2020 to #802 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #473 in 2015 to #802 in 2025.

In the United States, 586 girls were recorded with the name Raylan between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 57 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,021 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,061 in 2020 to #6,066 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,021 in 2015 to #6,066 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 Raylan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 10,700
311 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,490
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#802
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,390 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Raylan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 100Under 1%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 7,390 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raylan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raylans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raylan was born before 2017 — so the typical Raylan is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
64.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,856
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 64.2% of all recorded uses (4,401).

Is Raylan 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
−85
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−188
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−329
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.49×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
49.4%
Peak was 2015 (630)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
61.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#473
2015

Spellings of Raylan

Raylan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 42.1% against Raylan's 0.30%.

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 Raylan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Raylan was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 806 boys, against 1 in 3,875 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

2124 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 806
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 1,064
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 1,205
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 1,316
  5. 5West Virginia1 in 1,429
  6. 6Alabama1 in 1,667
  7. 7Missouri1 in 2,174
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 2,174

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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, Raylan is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 90% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Raylan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Raylan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 925,455 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Tennessee1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

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. Raylan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Raylan around the world

Where Raylan 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
    2012–2024
    #2,672
    in 2024
  • France
    2011–2025
    #1,824
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Raylan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#802
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 188
Best rank ever
#473
2015
Peak year
2015
630 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,856
Count in 2025
311

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,066
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,005
Best rank ever
#3,021
2015
Peak year
2015
57 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
586
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Raylan

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

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Names with a curve like Raylan

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

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Sibling names for Raylan

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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