Raylan
Boy · RAY-lun · Modern
Raylan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 800th for boys in the US (311 babies).
What does Raylan mean?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Ray with -lan
Popularised by Raylan Givens, the US marshal hero of Elmore Leonard's stories and the TV series Justified.
- Say it
- RAY-lun
More on Wiktionary.
Is Raylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Raylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 311 boys in the US.
How popular is Raylan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raylan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raylan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Raylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #800among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 311about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 311 boys in the US were named Raylan, making it the 800th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 614th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 630 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975. 20 girls were also named Raylan in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Raylan than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Raylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 487 boys in the US were given Raylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #575, up from #800 for this spelling alone.
Raylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 311 | #800 |
| 2024 | 370 | #716 |
| 2023 | 408 | #666 |
| 2022 | 372 | #709 |
| 2021 | 429 | #644 |
| 2020 | 446 | #614 |
| 2019 | 401 | #659 |
| 2018 | 425 | #627 |
| 2017 | 421 | #619 |
| 2016 | 486 | #572 |
| 2015 | 630 | #473 |
| 2014 | 566 | #498 |
| 2013 | 522 | #512 |
| 2012 | 487 | #536 |
| 2011 | 331 | #698 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Nicknames for Raylan
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Raylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan Ronan Rayyan Musa Zayan Zayaan Kayden Muhammad Lochlan Finn Zayn Callan
Other spellings of Raylan
Names related to Raylan
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