Raylon

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #8,406 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,849
2012 · 79 births
Debut · boys
1962
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,288
since 1962

Raylon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Raylon has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,849, 2012boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,03640
2024—#2,87344
2023—#2,61450
2022—#2,56353
2021—#2,37357
2020#8,40612#2,21262
2019—#2,18864
2018—#2,67446
2017#15,9025#2,45052
2016—#2,22860
2015—#1,85379
2014—#2,34555
2013—#2,33654
2012—#1,84979
2011—#2,85241
2010—#3,37732
2009—#4,74820
2008—#4,54021
2007—#5,43416
2006—#5,07217
2005—#5,27815
2004—#4,00522
2003—#5,55813
2002—#7,0559
2001—#4,47617
2000—#5,29713
1999—#4,76214
1998—#3,70819
1997—#4,05916
1996—#4,61313
1995—#4,28014
1994—#5,8689
1993—#4,22714
1992—#4,32713
1991—#6,5197
1990—#4,67311
1989—#5,1659
1988—#3,91512
1987—#4,5739
1986—#5,3327
1985—#4,6988
1984—#5,5616
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1982—#4,5938
1981—#6,2625
1980—#4,4958
1979—#4,8427
1978—#4,5547
1977—#4,1648
1976—#4,4187
1975—#5,4645
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1962—#3,6406
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five boys were named Raylon! It came in at #3,640, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1963, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Raylon is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #672 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,188 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,350 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,044 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Raylon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#672 · 1 in 3,188
  2. Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044
  3. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #460 in Mississippi, 2016.

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Louisiana#67261 in 3,188
Georgia#1,35051 in 10,044
Texas#2,28561 in 29,175
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Raylon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 163 spots since 2024 (#2,873 → #3,036)
  • 824 spots since 2020 (#2,212 → #3,036)
  • 1,183 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #3,036)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,849 (79 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,012
  • Highest: 1 in 24,012 boys born in 2012 were named Raylon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 43.6% of all boys named Raylon (562) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s21#2,760 (1967)#3,334
1970s34#4,164 (1977)#4,688
1980s72#3,915 (1988)#4,955
1990s130#3,708 (1998)#4,704
2000s163#4,005 (2004)#5,146
2010s562#1,849 (2012)#2,415
2020s306#2,212 (2020)#2,612

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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