Raelene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-leen
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Raelene is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Raelene mean?
Modern: Rae with the -lene ending of names like Darlene
A 20th-century coinage, especially well known in Australia.
Is Raelene a girl's or a boy's name?
Raelene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raelene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Raelene, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1929.
2025 had fewer girls named Raelene than any year since 1934.
Half of all the girls named Raelene in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raelene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,848 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,741 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,686 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,560 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,449 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,834 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,539 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,625 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
Nicknames for Raelene
- Rae 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Raelene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jolene, Michelle, Danielle, Roxanne, Nicole, Noelle, Brooke, Heidi, Kendra, Renee, Janelle, Colette
Names related to Raelene
Raelynn, Raelyn, Raelynne, Rayleen, Raelani, Raelin, Raeleen, Relena
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raelene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raelene, updated 20 October 2026.