boys:
623 births since 1956
#3963 (14th percentile)
overall:
623 births since 1956
#7116 (8th percentile)
The name Rayland is the #7,116 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 623 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,963 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 623 births since 1956.
Rayland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for boys in 1956). Birth data for Rayland is available in 31 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Rayland reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #868) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rayland ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 67.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rayland".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Rayland is pronounced as RAY-luhnd, which has 2 syllables.
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