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Raylon

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Raylon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
440.00% of boys
Peak year
201279 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1962
1,247people given the name
Babies named Raylon, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,247 boys have been named Raylon in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 79 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 45%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Raylon
1960s21
1970s34
1980s72
1990s130
2000s163
2010s562
2020s265

In 2012, its biggest year

Raylon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.

Names that rose and fell with Raylon

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.