Raelene
Feminine
Raelene is Australian. The -lene ending was productive there in the middle of the twentieth century in a way it never quite was elsewhere, and Raelene, Marlene, Charlene and Darlene all belong to that moment — with Raelene the one that stayed distinctly Australian. It is built from two elements American and Australian naming were both using, joined the ordinary way.
How old is the name Raelene?
Raelene first appears in US birth records in 1929 — 96 years ago. The typical Raelene alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 2,200 people named Raelene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Raelene most popular?
Raelene peaked in 1955, reaching #1445 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 11,763 places below that high. See the whole 1955 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Rae to Raelene
The story of Raelene
Australian naming in the 1940s and 1950s produced a set of women's names built on a short front and the -lene ending, and it did so with real enthusiasm — the ending is much commoner in Australian records of that period than in British or American ones. Raelene became genuinely popular there and is still recognized as an Australian name. It appears in American records from 1929 and peaked in the 1950s, which puts it slightly ahead of the Australian wave and suggests the two happened in parallel rather than one copying the other.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The compound has no documented meaning. Rae is either a short form of Rachel, whose Hebrew means a ewe, or the Scottish surname Rae; the -lene ending is borrowed from names like Marlene and Darlene and carries no sense of its own. Neither half can be assigned confidently, and the whole was made rather than inherited.
How the name formed
- Rae
- Raelene
Pronouncing Raelene
ray-LEEN
Two syllables with the stress at the back, and the ending rhyming with seen. Some families say RAY-leen with the weight in front; both are heard.
Nicknames for Raelene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1929
- Most girls named
- 196051 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1445reached in 1955
- Change vs 2023
- −33.3%6 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Raelene in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Raelenes among us
people named Raelene are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Raelene
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marcine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Raelene's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marcine climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marcine's path sketches the road Raelene is walking now.
Raelene sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Raelene beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Raelene in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Rae is available as a short form and is entirely current again.
- It is recognized in Australia as a real name rather than a coinage.
- Seven letters, two syllables, and readable on sight.
- Raeleen, Raylene and Raelyn all compete, so the spelling has to be given.
- It belongs to a mid-century generation and carries that flavor.
- There is no documented meaning, only the account of the two parts.
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Frequently asked
- How many Raelenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Raelene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Raelene in 2025?
- Raelene ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Raelene?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Raelene — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Raelene with classmates?
- Raelene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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