NameTides

Raylan

Raylan was the #800 boys' name in the US in 2025 (311 babies), and #1,500 in Canada.

Raylan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Raylan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Raylan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#800 (311)—#1,500 (15)
2024#716 (370)#2,672 (8)#1,583 (13)
2023#666 (408)#3,524 (5)#1,947 (9)
2022#709 (372)#3,450 (5)#1,483 (13)
2021#644 (429)#3,451 (5)#2,061 (8)
2020#614 (446)—#1,312 (15)
2019#659 (401)#3,937 (4)#1,530 (12)
2018#627 (425)—#1,682 (10)
2017#619 (421)#4,812 (3)#1,246 (16)
2016#572 (486)#3,478 (5)#1,198 (17)
2015#473 (630)—#954 (23)
2014#498 (566)#2,964 (6)#1,311 (14)
2013#512 (522)—#1,109 (18)
2012#536 (487)#3,039 (6)#2,368 (6)
2011#698 (331)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #473.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Raylan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Raylan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Raylan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #829MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #729FL
Raylan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Raylan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RaylanCanadaBoys#1,50015
RaylanEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RaylanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RaylanUSGirls#5,91720
RaylanUSBoys#800311