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Raine

#1,556 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Queen

Raine has been given to 3,860 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #1,556 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 164 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.

Babies named Raine, 2025

1 in 24,400

Raine over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Raine over time

In 2025, Raine went to 83% girls and 17% boys.

19542025

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.

Raine: meaning, origin, and history

Queen

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Raine means

Raine means “queen”.

Origin, language, and formation

Raine is used in English and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Raino.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Raine is pronounced /ˈrɑi̯ne/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,255 girls were recorded with the name Raine between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 164 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,377 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,384 in 2020 to #1,556 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,150 in 2015 to #1,556 in 2025.

In the United States, 605 boys were recorded with the name Raine between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2005; its best national rank was #3,215 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,906 in 2020 to #3,921 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,232 in 2015 to #3,921 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 Raine?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,400
136 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 11,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,556
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Raine 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raines were born

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

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
31.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
80.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,255
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 31.7% of all recorded uses (1,033).

Is Raine 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
−107
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−172
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+594
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.53×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.9%
Peak was 2022 (164)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,377
2021

Spellings of Raine

Raine is not the most common spelling — Jane is, with 22.1% against Raine's 0.19%.

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 Raine is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Raine was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 13,056 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

214 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 7,143
  2. 2Maryland1 in 7,143
  3. 3Florida1 in 8,333
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 10,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 10,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 11,111
  8. 8Illinois1 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 Raine is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Raine was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

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. Raine has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Raine around the world

Where Raine 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
    #778
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2025
    #429
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,349
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1994–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Raine

People whose public names include Raine, 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.

Raine by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,556
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 172
Best rank ever
#1,377
2021
Peak year
2022
164 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,255
Count in 2025
136

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,921
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,985
Best rank ever
#3,215
2005
Peak year
2005
32 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
605
Count in 2025
28

Names similar to Raine

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

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Names with a curve like Raine

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

BailaFaigyTalaMalkyNailaGiuliaArielaSafaAmeeraSymphonyZiaKaira

Sibling names for Raine

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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