Raylan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 462 babies a year in the US.
How Raylan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #473 |
| 2016 | #572 |
| 2017 | #620 |
| 2018 | #628 |
| 2019 | #660 |
| 2020 | #614 |
| 2021 | #645 |
| 2022 | #707 |
| 2023 | #667 |
| 2024 | #717 |
| 2025 | #802 |
Raylan by the numbers
Raylan was given to 462 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 630 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Raylan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayyanwatered, irrigated; one who drinks261 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayaangates of paradise75 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raylandfrom the rough land; a form of Raylan46 in the US (2017)
- Rayhansweet basil16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rylan1,594 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Raylan
Names that are said the same way as Raylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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