Fun Facts About the Name Rayleen
- More than 1 thousand babies named Rayleen: U.S. records list 1,255 babies given the name Rayleen from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Rayleen Mean?
Rayleen is a modern English feminine name, and its meaning is not fixed because it was formed in English rather than inherited from a single older name. It is generally understood as the element Ray joined to the ending -leen. Ray works on its own as a short form of Raymond, a Germanic name built from ragin, "counsel," and mund, "protection." It is also the ordinary English word for a beam of light, and that sense is often read into the name, though it is an association rather than a documented etymology. The ending -leen is a sound borrowed from Irish-derived names: Eileen (an anglicized form of Eibhlín, which comes from Norman French Aveline), Kathleen (from Irish Caitlín, the Irish form of Catherine), and Colleen (from Irish cailín, "girl"). Since that ending was adopted for its sound, it contributes no single stable meaning of its own.
Rayleen Name History & Origins
Rayleen belongs to a group of English feminine names that attach the ending -leen or -lene to a short stem, among them Raylene, Charlene, Darlene, and Marlene. This pattern became productive in English-speaking countries in the early twentieth century, especially in North America, where endings of this kind were added to names and words to build feminine forms.
Raylene and Rayleen are used side by side; the -leen spelling echoes the Irish-derived Eileen and Kathleen, while -lene echoes Marlene and Charlene. Occasional spellings such as Raleen also appear. The name is found chiefly in the United States and Canada. It is not related to Eileen or Kathleen beyond the shared ending, and its similarity to those names does not give it their origins.
How Popular is the Name Rayleen?
Rayleen has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #2,702 in 1955.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,068 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #4,979 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #4,169 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #4,177 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2021 | #4,927 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #11,896 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #7,637 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #5,744 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #5,996 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #5,761 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #8,340 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #6,391 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #6,962 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #5,375 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #6,295 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #5,078 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #4,456 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #4,531 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2007 | #5,198 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #5,866 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #5,397 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #5,176 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #4,639 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #4,257 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #4,007 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #5,890 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #5,604 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #4,112 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1997 | #4,100 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #5,472 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #4,807 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1994 | #6,575 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #4,217 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #7,403 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #7,295 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #9,039 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #8,561 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #6,576 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #7,835 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #4,495 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #7,407 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #11,693 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,831 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #6,733 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #10,046 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #6,642 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #7,149 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #8,309 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #10,817 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #7,900 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #5,414 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #9,814 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,477 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #5,358 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #5,422 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #6,223 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #3,728 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1968 | #4,699 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #3,789 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1966 | #7,351 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #3,904 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1964 | #7,554 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #3,761 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1962 | #3,396 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1961 | #3,294 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1960 | #4,690 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #4,551 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #4,801 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #5,263 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #4,743 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #2,702 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1954 | #3,659 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #4,164 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #2,771 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1950 | #3,892 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #4,158 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #5,130 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #5,162 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1943 | #4,586 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,662 | 8 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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