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Raylen vs Raymundo

American parents have registered 9,493 Raymundos since 1880, against 2,422 Raylens. But in 2025 it was Raylen that was commoner, 140 babies to 55.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Raylen against Raymundo, 1880 to 2025 0 60 120 180 240 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Raylen Raymundo

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 114 years in which either name was published, Raymundo for 99 years and Raylen for 15 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Raylen Raymundo
Total US births 2,4229,493
Most in one year 161235
Babies in 2025 14055
Estimated living today 2,4007,900
Median age today 931
Peak year 20201994
Best rank 1,539th boys674th boys
Rank in 2025 1,688th2,451st
First recorded 19621912
Girls / boys 811 / 1,6110 / 9,493

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 Raymundos alive today are over 31; half the Raylens are over 9. That is 22 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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