Raylene Girl
How popular is Raylene?
#6,837 girl name in 2025
16 baby girls were named Raylene in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
Raylene popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,837 for girls (▼ 446 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,294 in 2015, #5,663 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (79 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,209 in 1949 |
| First recorded | 1926 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raylene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raylynn family of names ranked #687 for girls in 2025 (#643 the year before), with 390 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raylynn | 176 | 45% |
| Railynn | 49 | 13% |
| Raylin | 49 | 13% |
| Raylyn | 56 | 14% |
| Railyn | 29 | 7% |
| Raylene | 16 | 4% |
| Raylinn | 5 | 1% |
| Raylynne | 10 | 3% |
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 Raylene is most popular
Babies named Raylene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Raylene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 30 | #3,392 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,650 |
| 1940s | 361 | #1,209 |
| 1950s | 560 | #1,255 |
| 1960s | 600 | #1,242 |
| 1970s | 385 | #1,801 |
| 1980s | 387 | #2,136 |
| 1990s | 496 | #2,250 |
| 2000s | 591 | #2,209 |
| 2010s | 381 | #2,831 |
| 2020s | 145 | #4,274 |
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Questions
- Is Raylene a boy or girl name?
- Raylene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Raylene were girls.
- How popular is the name Raylene?
- 16 baby girls were named Raylene in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
- When was Raylene most popular?
- Raylene peaked in 1961, when 79 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,209 in 1949.
- How many people are named Raylene?
- 4,065 babies have been named Raylene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,592 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Raylene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raylene was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls 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.