Raelynn
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.
Meaning & Origin of Raelynn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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.
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The Story of Raelynn
Raelynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1947, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 2,722 Raelynns were born — ranking #99 that year. As of 2026, Raelynn ranks #111 for baby girls with 2,378 births, holding steady (-5%). In total, more than 37K Raelynns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Raelynn
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- RaeLynn , stage name of American singer Racheal Lynn Woodward (born 1994)
- Raelyn Campbell , Senior Program Officer for the Asia-Pacific Region at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Raelynn Hillhouse , American national security and Intelligence community analyst, former smuggler during the Cold War , spy novelist and health care executive.
- Rae Lynn Job , American politician
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About the name Raelynn
Raelynn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 37K births in the dataset. Raelynn's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #99. Use the chart and map above to compare Raelynn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.