girls:
4.6k births since 1988
#2494 (56th percentile)
boys:
94 births since 1993
#4492 (2nd percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1988
#3968 (49th percentile)
The name Raylee is the #3,968 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,740 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 48.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,494 (56.4% percentile) for all time with 4,646 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,492 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 1993.
Raylee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Raylee is available in 34 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 15 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 Raylee has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Raylee reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 31.2% percentile (ranked #653) with 165 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 165 births per million (ranked 31.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Raylee ranks #759 for girls (19.9% percentile) with 110 births per million, which is 66.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Raylee reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #871) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Raylee".
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