Rayleigh

Girl · recorded 1995–2025

  • #1,443in 2025
  • 1 in 10,787girls in 2025
  • +6%last ten years
  • 6.0×in Kentucky

Most popular in 2022.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1995

05611219952003201020182025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 31 recorded years as a table
Rayleigh, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19954
19963
19975
19986
19997
20008
20019
20029
200316
200421
200518
200629
200732
200844
200944
201070
201176
201273
201374
201497
201587
201689
2017108
2018111
2019111
2020109
202180
2022112
2023103
202494
202593

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Kentucky 6.0×
  2. Alabama 4.6×
  3. Tennessee 3.7×
  4. Texas 1.2×
  5. Florida 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
149
Rank in 2025
#1,443
How rare
1 in 10,787 girls
Since 1995
3,000

Most popular in 2022, at 112 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 6% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Kentucky6.0×30
Alabama4.6×25
Tennessee3.7×34
Texas1.2×56
Florida1.0×26

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.