girls:
839 births since 1994
#4877 (15th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2021
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
845 births since 1994
#6894 (11th percentile)
The name Railyn is the #6,894 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 845 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,877 (14.7% percentile) for all time with 839 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2021.
Railyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Railyn is available in 27 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Railyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Railyn reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #872) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Railyn ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 65.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Railyn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #929) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Railyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Railyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.5% confident that Railyn is pronounced as RAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-luhn, at 22.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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