Raistlin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAYST-lin
- Origin
- Modern
Raistlin is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Raistlin mean?
Modern: coined for a character in the Dragonlance fantasy novels
Raistlin Majere is the frail, ambitious mage in the Dragonlance novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
Is Raistlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Raistlin is a boys' name.
How popular is Raistlin in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Raistlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raistlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Raistlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Jayden Rayden Jaylen Brayden Aiden Ronan Rylan Kylan Braylen Raiden Keegan
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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, “Raistlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raistlin, updated 20 October 2026.