girls:
730 births since 1998
#4986 (13th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1962
#3214 (30th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1962
#5634 (27th percentile)
The name Raylen is the #5,634 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,154 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 27.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,214 (29.9% percentile) for all time with 1,424 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #4,986 (12.7% percentile) for all time with 730 births since 1998.
Raylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Raylen is available in 29 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023 (29 years for boys and 26 years for girls). 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 Raylen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 70.6% of babies named Raylen were boys.
For boys, Raylen reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 11.3% percentile (ranked #799) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 58 births per million (ranked 11.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Raylen ranks #844 for boys (7.4% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 68.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Raylen reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #910) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Raylen ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 60.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Raylen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Raylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Raylen is pronounced as RAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-lihn, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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