Raylee
Pronounced R EY1 L IY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2017
- 56 years in use
- 10 spellings
How popular is Raylee?
Raylee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1969. It has been given to 12,289 children — the 1,255th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 31% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2017, when 746 children were given it.
Ten other spellings are counted in that total — Rayleigh, Raeleigh, Raelee and seven more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Raylee and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Rayleigh
- Raeleigh
- Raelee
- Raylea
- Rayli
- Raelea
- Reylee
- Reilee
- Reyleigh
- Reyli
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R EY1 L IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Raylee
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Raylee
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Raylee?
- Raylee ranks 1,255th among girls' names in US records, with 12,289 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,238.
- Is Raylee a unisex name?
- No. Raylee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Raylee most popular?
- 2017, when 746 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Raylee spelled?
- Rayleigh, Raeleigh, Raelee, Raylea, Rayli, Raelea, Reylee, Reilee, Reyleigh, Reyli. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.