# Raelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,864 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 96 / 15,768 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 35, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage from Rae + Lyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 494 | 585 |
| 2012 | 696 | 449 |
| 2013 | 732 | 415 |
| 2014 | 784 | 410 |
| 2015 | 963 | 342 |
| 2016 | 1,029 | 317 |
| 2017 | 1,027 | 316 |
| 2018 | 993 | 327 |
| 2019 | 922 | 342 |
| 2020 | 837 | 371 |
| 2021 | 824 | 381 |
| 2022 | 821 | 382 |
| 2023 | 773 | 397 |
| 2024 | 736 | 422 |
| 2025 | 592 | 502 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | 9,695 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,468 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,795 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,515 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,465 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,540 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,350 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8,020 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,628 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,546 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,180 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,682 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.