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Rainey

#2,376 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Descendant of Raighne

Rainey has been given to 2,632 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #2,376 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 90 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Rainey, 2025

1 in 43,600

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Rainey went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19012025

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.

Rainey: meaning, origin, and history

Descendant of Raighne

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rainey means

Rainey means “descendant of Raighne”, associated with Raighne.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Rainey (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Rainey is used in English.

Rainey comes through Irish Ó Raighne.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ó Raighne and Rognvaldr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,182 girls were recorded with the name Rainey between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 90 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,137 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,393 in 2020 to #2,376 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,583 in 2015 to #2,376 in 2025.

In the United States, 450 boys were recorded with the name Rainey between 1901 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1950; its best national rank was #1,173 in 1901.

How common is Rainey?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 43,600
76 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 21,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,376
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
30,237 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rainey 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 30,237 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rainey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raineys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rainey was born before 2007 — so the typical Rainey is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
22.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
63.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,172
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 22.8% of all recorded uses (498).

Is Rainey 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
−17
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+17
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,207
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.73×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.4%
Peak was 2022 (90)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,137
2022

Spellings of Rainey

Rainey is not the most common spelling — Hailey is, with 31.2% against Rainey's 0.38%.

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 Rainey is used

Across 2016–2025, Rainey was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 32,026 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 14,286
  2. 2Georgia1 in 16,667
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Missouri1 in 25,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 25,000
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 25,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in 33,333
  8. 8Colorado1 in 33,333

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.

Rainey around the world

Where Rainey 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
    2008–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1972–1972
    #722
    in 1972

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

Notable people named Rainey

People whose public names include Rainey, 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.

Rainey in other languages

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

RainyRainier

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

Rainey by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,376
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 17
Best rank ever
#2,137
2022
Peak year
2022
90 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,182
Count in 2025
76

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,173
1901
Peak year
1950
13 that year
First recorded
1901
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
450
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rainey

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

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Names with a curve like Rainey

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

CassiaAdoraBrachaElishevaDaylaMarbellaYehudisYochevedGemaAsmaSereneHuda

Sibling names for Rainey

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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