Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Raelynn is a feminine given name of English origin, a modern combination of the names Rae and Lynn. Names ending in -lyn are currently popular for girls in the United States.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Raelynn yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
RaeLynn has grown 95% over the decade, reaching 2,412 births at rank 113, a little below its 2022 peak. No bearers are recorded and no origin is listed, which for a name at this volume is becoming a familiar pattern in this batch — Juniper, Malachi and Hadley are all in the same position. Recorded from 1947 with 32,373 births in total. Structurally it is a compound, Rae plus Lynn, and belongs to a naming tradition strongest in the American South that has been generating these fusions for decades. The country singer RaeLynn, who rose to attention in 2012, is not in the file despite the timing lining up better than most attributions that are.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 5 | #5,935 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,420 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,328 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,418 |
| 1955 | 15 | #3,064 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,392 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,132 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,345 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,771 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,398 |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,720 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,409 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,065 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,103 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,728 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,418 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,344 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,197 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,913 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,784 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,807 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,440 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,822 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,230 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,780 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,150 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,732 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,656 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,522 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,437 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,274 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,121 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,504 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,124 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,456 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,326 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,121 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,957 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,558 |
| 1991 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 1992 | 69 | #2,001 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,854 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,834 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,836 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,584 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,499 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,628 |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,496 |
| 2002 | 127 | #1,496 |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,506 |
| 2004 | 146 | #1,424 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,413 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,341 |
| 2007 | 249 | #1,056 |
| 2008 | 303 | #909 |
| 2009 | 330 | #847 |
| 2010 | 469 | #628 |
| 2011 | 599 | #495 |
| 2012 | 932 | #337 |
| 2013 | 1,121 | #283 |
| 2014 | 1,238 | #266 |
| 2015 | 1,807 | #178 |
| 2016 | 1,982 | #158 |
| 2017 | 2,458 | #124 |
| 2018 | 2,617 | #116 |
| 2019 | 2,572 | #113 |
| 2020 | 2,610 | #104 |
| 2021 | 2,683 | #103 |
| 2022 | 2,722 | #99 |
| 2023 | 2,414 | #111 |
| 2024 | 2,412 | #113 |
