girls:
742 births since 1995
#4974 (13th percentile)
boys:
48 births since 2003
#4538 (1st percentile)
overall:
790 births since 1995
#6949 (10th percentile)
The name Railey is the #6,949 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 790 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 10.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,974 (13.0% percentile) for all time with 742 births since 1995. For boys, it ranks #4,538 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 2003.
Railey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 2003 for boys).
The name Railey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Railey reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #944) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Railey ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 35.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Railey reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #901) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Railey".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Railey is pronounced as RAY-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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