# Raylan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raylan/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,442 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,856 / 586 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 47, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern coinage from Ray, compare Rylan, Braylon.

## 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 | 27 | 5,174 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,081 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,319 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,704 |
| 2015 | 57 | 3,021 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,503 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,611 |
| 2018 | 34 | 4,222 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4,324 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,062 |
| 2021 | 45 | 3,478 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,809 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,437 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,454 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,067 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 331 | 698 |
| 2012 | 487 | 538 |
| 2013 | 522 | 512 |
| 2014 | 566 | 500 |
| 2015 | 630 | 473 |
| 2016 | 486 | 572 |
| 2017 | 421 | 620 |
| 2018 | 425 | 629 |
| 2019 | 401 | 661 |
| 2020 | 446 | 614 |
| 2021 | 429 | 645 |
| 2022 | 372 | 710 |
| 2023 | 408 | 667 |
| 2024 | 370 | 717 |
| 2025 | 311 | 802 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |

## 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.