girls:
160 births since 2004
#5556 (3rd percentile)
boys:
115 births since 1993
#4471 (2nd percentile)
overall:
275 births since 1993
#7464 (4th percentile)
The name Rayen is the #7,464 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 275 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 3.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,556 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 160 births since 2004. For boys, it ranks #4,471 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 115 births since 1993.
Rayen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Rayen is available in 22 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 17 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 Rayen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (58.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Rayen were girls. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for boys (58.2% boys from 1993 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (64.8% girls from 2010 to 2023).
For girls, Rayen reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #950) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rayen ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 74.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rayen reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #868) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rayen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rayen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Rayen is pronounced as RAY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-ihn, at 20.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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