Raelin

Q: What does Raelin mean?

Raelin is a girls' name of Modern origin, blend of Rae and Lynn, a variant of Raelynn. A modern American coinage joining Rae, a short form of Rachel, to the popular -lyn ending.

Gender: Girl
Say it: RAY-lin
Origin: Modern
US rank, 2025: #6,324 for girls

Raelin is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).

What does Raelin mean?

Modern: blend of Rae and Lynn, a variant of Raelynn

A modern American coinage joining Rae, a short form of Rachel, to the popular -lyn ending.

Is Raelin a girl's or a boy's name?

Raelin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Raelin in the US?

Rank in 2025: 6,324th among girls
Babies in 2025: 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 47% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Raelin, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Raelin in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 45 in 20122025

Raelin in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	18	#6,324
2024	16	#6,928
2023	16	#6,917
2022	15	#7,276
2021	20	#5,951
2020	29	#4,546
2019	22	#5,608
2018	43	#3,558
2017	22	#5,657
2016	23	#5,620
2015	38	#3,914
2014	39	#3,846
2013	43	#3,571
2012	45	#3,522
2011	36	#4,071
2010	40	#3,815
2009	27	#5,225
2008	15	#8,105
2007	22	#6,089
2006	41	#3,733
2005	29	#4,577
2004	30	#4,488
2003	26	#4,799
2002	17	#6,386
2001	20	#5,565
2000	19	#5,700
1999	17	#5,890
1998	14	#6,714
1997	13	#6,839
1996	0	–
1995	18	#5,216
1994	6	#11,771
1993	6	#11,773
1992	0	–
1991	7	#10,263