Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Railey*

#8,048 most common girls' name of all time · #13,446 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1995–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#8,048
Rank overall
#13,446 of 105,966
First appeared
1995
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
820
Since 2016
200
Peak year
2006 #3,504
Best rank
#3,475 2007
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
20002020

Railey first appears in 1995. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 17 #6,700
2024 13 13 #8,203
2023 14 14 #7,868
2022 23 23 #5,579
2021 20 20 #6,098
2020 10 10 #9,909
2019 29 29 #4,730
2018 19 19 #6,412
2017 20 20 #6,185
2016 35 35 #4,225
2015 28 28 #4,947
2014 30 30 #4,734
2013 31 31 #4,622
2012 37 37 #4,107
2011 33 5 38 #4,438
2010 41 5 46 #3,803
2009 38 7 45 #4,093
2008 35 11 46 #4,430
2007 48 48 #3,475
2006 46 5 51 #3,504
2005 26 5 31 #5,091
2004 25 5 30 #5,187
2003 38 5 43 #3,727
2002 24 24 #5,074
2001 20 20 #5,803
2000 17 17 #6,462
1999 20 20 #5,413
1998 15 15 #6,696
1997 5 5 #15,492
1996 8 8 #10,504
1995 7 7 #11,764