Raylon Boy
How popular is Raylon?
#3,035 boy name in 2025
40 baby boys were named Raylon in the US in 2025, making it the 3035th most popular boy name.
Raylon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,035 for boys (▼ 162 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,853 in 2015, #2,212 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (79 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,848 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raylon 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 Raylon is most popular
Babies named Raylon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Raylon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #2,759 |
| 1970s | 34 | #4,162 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,910 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,704 |
| 2000s | 163 | #4,000 |
| 2010s | 562 | #1,848 |
| 2020s | 306 | #2,212 |
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Questions
- Is Raylon a boy or girl name?
- Raylon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Raylon were boys.
- How popular is the name Raylon?
- 40 baby boys were named Raylon in the US in 2025, making it the 3035th most popular boy name.
- When was Raylon most popular?
- Raylon peaked in 2012, when 79 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,848 in 2012.
- How many people are named Raylon?
- 1,305 babies have been named Raylon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,284 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Raylon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raylon was most common in Tennessee, 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.