female NAME · CURRENTLY #1451

Rayleigh

RAY-lee

“Rye clearing or rye woodland; from an English place-name surname”

A modern given name associated with English place-name and surname forms.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Rayleigh has traveled through time

71995 142000 332005 1252010 1562015 1832020 1652025
LATEST YEAR2025165 births
PEAK RANK#1236in 2018
CURRENT USAGE90.3% F9.7% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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