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Raeann vs Raelynne

American parents have registered 3,915 Raeanns since 1880, against 812 Raelynnes. But in 2025 it was Raelynne that was commoner, 30 babies to 22.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Raeann against Raelynne, 1880 to 2025 0 30 60 90 120 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Raeann Raelynne

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 87 years in which either name was published, Raeann for 74 years and Raelynne for 13 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Raeann Raelynne
Total US births 3,915812
Most in one year 10760
Babies in 2025 2230
Estimated living today 3,700810
Median age today 359
Peak year 19982021
Best rank 1,551st girls2,818th girls
Rank in 2025 5,554th4,546th
First recorded 19361982
Girls / boys 3,915 / 0812 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Raeanns alive today are over 35; half the Raelynnes are over 9. That is 26 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Raeann and Raelynne.