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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rayland

Rayland was the 3295th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2569th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 626 places. More babies were named Rayland in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,295 boys, down 105 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
36boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201850 babies
Total since 1880
682babies recorded

Rayland popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#3,29536
2020#3,19036
2010#4,99319
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1960#4,4805
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How popular is Rayland, counting every spelling?

Rayland has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Rayland?

36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rayland (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rayland born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rayland.

Chance of another Rayland in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Rayland?

About 700 people born in the US named Rayland are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 14. That makes Rayland a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Rayland by state

How common Rayland was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rayland, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Rayland: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rayland, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Rayland

How popular is the name Rayland?

Rayland was the 3295th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2569th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 626 places. More babies were named Rayland in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Rayland a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rayland in the US.

Where is Rayland most popular?

In 2021–2025, Rayland was most common in Tennessee (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Ohio.