Rayleigh
Girl · RAY-lee · English
Rayleigh is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,443rd for girls in the US (149 babies).
What does Rayleigh mean?
English: English place name; also read as a blend of Ray and Leigh
Rayleigh is a town in Essex; the physicist Lord Rayleigh explained why the sky is blue.
- Say it
- RAY-lee
Is Rayleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 149 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Rayleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,443among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 149about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 149 girls in the US were named Rayleigh, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,264th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 189 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995. 16 boys were also named Rayleigh in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Rayleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 572 girls in the US were given Rayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #528, up from #1,443 for this spelling alone.
Rayleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | #1,443 |
| 2024 | 153 | #1,441 |
| 2023 | 166 | #1,356 |
| 2022 | 184 | #1,288 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,264 |
| 2019 | 187 | #1,247 |
| 2018 | 189 | #1,233 |
| 2017 | 187 | #1,263 |
| 2016 | 158 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 156 | #1,470 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,345 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,663 |
| 2011 | 134 | #1,612 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,688 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
Nicknames for Rayleigh
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rayleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Brynlee Briar Braelynn Reign Rowan Ocean Londyn Kenley Raelynn Sevyn Kinley
Other spellings of Rayleigh
Raylee Raeleigh Raelee Railey Railee Raylie Raylei Raileigh Raeley Raeli Rayley
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