Rayleigh Girl
How popular is Rayleigh?
#1,443 girl name in 2025
149 baby girls were named Rayleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
Rayleigh popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,443 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 149 girls, 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-4% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,470 in 2015, #1,264 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (189 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,233 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1995 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rayleigh counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raylee family of names ranked #548 for girls in 2025 (#570 the year before), with 525 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raylee | 199 | 38% |
| Rayleigh | 149 | 28% |
| Raleigh | 104 | 20% |
| Railey | 17 | 3% |
| Raylie | 11 | 2% |
| Railee | 15 | 3% |
| Raileigh | 8 | 2% |
| Rayley | 6 | 1% |
| Raley | 5 | 1% |
| Rayli | 5 | 1% |
| Raily | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rayleigh is most popular
Babies named Rayleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Alabama: 0.5 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.4 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.3 per 1,000 (54 girls)
Rayleigh by decade
Girl names about as popular as Rayleigh
Questions
- Is Rayleigh a boy or girl name?
- Rayleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Rayleigh were girls.
- How popular is the name Rayleigh?
- 149 baby girls were named Rayleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
- When was Rayleigh most popular?
- Rayleigh peaked in 2018, when 189 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,233 in 2018.
- How many people are named Rayleigh?
- 3,098 babies have been named Rayleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,082 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Rayleigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rayleigh was most common in Mississippi, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.