Raylan
Pronounced R EY1 L AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2015
- 50 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Raylan?
Raylan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1975. It has been given to 7,328 children — the 1,320th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2015, when 637 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Reylan and Raelan — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Raylan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Reylan
- Raelan
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R EY1 L AE1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Raylan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Raylan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Raylan?
- Raylan ranks 1,320th among boys' names in US records, with 7,328 births since 1975. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,444.
- Is Raylan a unisex name?
- No. Raylan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Raylan most popular?
- 2015, when 637 children were given the name. It has been in use for 50 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Raylan spelled?
- Reylan, Raelan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.