NameTides

Rayleigh

Rayleigh was the #1,443 girls' name in the US in 2025 (149 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Rayleigh as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rayleigh as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Rayleigh as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,443 (149)—#3,478 (5)
2024#1,441 (153)—#2,445 (8)
2023#1,356 (166)—#2,366 (8)
2022#1,288 (184)—#3,228 (5)
2021#1,600 (131)—#2,616 (7)
2020#1,264 (177)——
2019#1,247 (187)—#2,374 (8)
2018#1,233 (189)——
2017#1,263 (187)——
2016#1,456 (158)#5,785 (3)#2,892 (6)
2015#1,470 (156)—#3,286 (5)
2014#1,345 (174)——
2013#1,646 (129)—#3,286 (5)
2012#1,663 (128)—#3,334 (5)
2011#1,612 (134)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,288.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.
  • In 2025, 90% of US babies named Rayleigh were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rayleigh is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rayleigh by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Rayleigh (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RayleighCanadaGirls#3,4785
RayleighCanadaBoys—too few
RayleighEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RayleighEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RayleighUSGirls#1,443149
RayleighUSBoys#5,60816