Is Raylen a boy or girl name?

Raylen is a unisex name. Of the 2,422 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 33.5% were girls and 66.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2010, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Raylen

Recorded 1962–2025 · United States

Raylen was most popular in 2015, when 161 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,552 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,821, with 140 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,422 people named Raylen.

Raylen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Raylen’s peak in 2015. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Raylen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Raylen is a unisex name — 33.5% of the 2,422 Americans given it were girls and 66.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2010 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 30% girls and 70% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Raylen

Where Raylen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org