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Rain

#1,239 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Rain has been given to 4,806 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #1,239 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 196 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Rain, 2025

1 in 18,200

Rain over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rain over time

In 2025, Rain went to 66% girls and 34% boys.

19562025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rain: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rain means

Rain has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: “counsel”.

The naming story behind Rain

A separate documented entry treats Rain as a variant of Rein. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Rain is used in English and Estonian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rainer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,618 girls were recorded with the name Rain between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 196 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,216 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,301 in 2020 to #1,239 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,073 in 2015 to #1,239 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,188 boys were recorded with the name Rain between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 101 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,670 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,387 in 2020 to #1,751 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,345 in 2015 to #1,751 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rain?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 18,200
182 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 8,830
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,239
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,627 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rain sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,627 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rains were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rain was born before 2013 — so the typical Rain is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
31.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
85.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,618
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 31.5% of all recorded uses (1,140).

Is Rain rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+143
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+62
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+834
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.92×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
92.9%
Peak was 2023 (196)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,216
2023

Spellings of Rain

Rain is not the most common spelling — Ann is, with 22.9% against Rain's 0.18%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rain is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Rain was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 12,246 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in 50,000).

220 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 5,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in 7,692
  3. 3Georgia1 in 7,692
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 7,692
  5. 5California1 in 8,333
  6. 6Arizona1 in 9,091
  7. 7Texas1 in 10,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Rain is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rain was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 33,690 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2New York1 in 33,333
  3. 3Oregon1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 50,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Washington1 in 50,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Rain around the world

Where Rain ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,512
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2023
    #540
    in 2023
  • France
    2022–2022
    #7,668
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #1,854
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1978–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Rain

People whose public names include Rain, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rain in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Rain. Linked forms have their own page here.

Rainn

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Rain by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,239
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 62
Best rank ever
#1,216
2023
Peak year
2023
196 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,618
Count in 2025
182

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,751
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 636
Best rank ever
#1,670
2024
Peak year
2024
101 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,188
Count in 2025
93

Names similar to Rain

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RaineRaizyRaisaRainaRainyRaineyRaiaRaizelRaiyaRainiRaiganRailynRaizaRaileyRainieRaineeRainnRailynnRaidenRaivenZainRainahRaileeRai

Names with a curve like Rain

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rain, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GiuliaFaigyTalaAriadnaKarelyArielaKeziahDafneBailaAmeeraNaylaDariana

Sibling names for Rain

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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