Raylen Boy & girl
How popular is Raylen?
#1,688 boy name in 2025
97 baby boys were named Raylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1688th most popular boy name. Another 43 girls got the name (#3,516 for girls).
Raylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,688 for boys (▲ 121 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 97 boys, 43 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,538 in 2015, #1,539 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (107 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,526 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 70% boys, 30% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raylen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raylan family of names ranked #594 for boys in 2025 (#554 the year before), with 448 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Raylen is most popular
Babies named Raylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Raylen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Raylen
Questions
- Is Raylen a boy or girl name?
- Raylen is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 70% of babies named Raylen were boys and 30% were girls.
- How popular is the name Raylen?
- 97 baby boys were named Raylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1688th most popular boy name. Another 43 girls got the name (#3,516 for girls).
- When was Raylen most popular?
- Raylen peaked in 2020, when 107 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,526 in 2014.
- How many people are named Raylen?
- 2,422 babies have been named Raylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,405 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Raylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raylen was most common in Mississippi, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.