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.

Raylene

#2,821 most common girls' name of all time · #4,838 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1926–2025

Rank among girls
#2,821
Rank overall
#4,838 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
4,065
Since 2016
264
Peak year
1961 #1,249
Best rank
#1,217 1949
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
19401960198020002020

Raylene first appears in 1926. 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 16 — 16 #6,894
2024 18 — 18 #6,439
2023 33 — 33 #4,296
2022 29 — 29 #4,695
2021 28 — 28 #4,739
2020 21 — 21 #5,700
2019 18 — 18 #6,464
2018 33 — 33 #4,264
2017 40 — 40 #3,788
2016 28 — 28 #4,878
2015 33 — 33 #4,314
2014 44 — 44 #3,556
2013 36 — 36 #4,096
2012 61 — 61 #2,835
2011 35 — 35 #4,169
2010 53 — 53 #3,132
2009 58 — 58 #2,975
2008 54 — 54 #3,126
2007 43 — 43 #3,736
2006 61 — 61 #2,860
2005 50 — 50 #3,135
2004 57 — 57 #2,817
2003 62 — 62 #2,590
2002 69 — 69 #2,338
2001 66 — 66 #2,389
2000 71 — 71 #2,219
1999 53 — 53 #2,645
1998 57 — 57 #2,437
1997 52 — 52 #2,492
1996 59 — 59 #2,264
1995 54 — 54 #2,401
1994 52 — 52 #2,441
1993 53 — 53 #2,392
1992 41 — 41 #2,878
1991 40 — 40 #2,905
1990 35 — 35 #3,181
1989 51 — 51 #2,318
1988 53 — 53 #2,166
1987 35 — 35 #2,800
1986 31 — 31 #2,995
1985 49 — 49 #2,151
1984 28 — 28 #3,102
1983 34 — 34 #2,617
1982 39 — 39 #2,469
1981 41 — 41 #2,389
1980 26 — 26 #3,247
1979 35 — 35 #2,595
1978 31 — 31 #2,700
1977 33 — 33 #2,572
1976 44 — 44 #2,002
1975 37 — 37 #2,253
1974 49 — 49 #1,808
1973 30 — 30 #2,477
1972 45 — 45 #1,870
1971 36 — 36 #2,228
1970 45 — 45 #1,916
1969 50 — 50 #1,714
1968 44 — 44 #1,797
1967 42 — 42 #1,806
1966 59 — 59 #1,442
1965 69 — 69 #1,315
1964 61 — 61 #1,455
1963 62 — 62 #1,421
1962 72 — 72 #1,310
1961 79 — 79 #1,249
1960 62 — 62 #1,403
1959 66 — 66 #1,323
1958 61 — 61 #1,358
1957 61 — 61 #1,363
1956 57 — 57 #1,391
1955 55 — 55 #1,360
1954 50 — 50 #1,432
1953 52 — 52 #1,353
1952 57 — 57 #1,267
1951 48 — 48 #1,357
1950 53 — 53 #1,271
1949 56 — 56 #1,217
1948 42 — 42 #1,434
1947 50 — 50 #1,300
1946 39 — 39 #1,417
1945 28 — 28 #1,579
1944 33 — 33 #1,425
1943 29 — 29 #1,587
1942 20 — 20 #1,975
1941 38 — 38 #1,241
1940 26 — 26 #1,547
1939 18 — 18 #1,942
1938 22 — 22 #1,701
1937 17 — 17 #1,995
1936 9 — 9 #3,082
1935 16 — 16 #2,089
1934 5 — 5 #4,828
1933 13 — 13 #2,399
1932 9 — 9 #3,260
1931 7 — 7 #3,830
1930 13 — 13 #2,550
1929 8 — 8 #3,668
1928 8 — 8 #3,736
1927 8 — 8 #3,870
1926 6 — 6 #4,843