Rayley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rayley by the numbers

Rayley was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rayley

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 Rayley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ryleyrye clearing; a form of Riley120 in the US (2017)
  • Raylee313 in the US (2017)
  • Raylen123 in the US (2017)
  • Railey20 in the US (2017)
  • Raylea11 in the US (2017)
  • Raeley9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rayley

Names that are said the same way as Rayley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
  • Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)
  • Railee15 in the US (2017)
  • Raileigh8 in the US (2017)
  • Raylei8 in the US (2017)
  • Raley7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rayley

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