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Rayne

#906 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Raine

Rayne has been given to 9,380 babies in the U.S. since 1947. In 2025 it ranked #906 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 385 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Rayne, 2025

1 in 11,300

Rayne over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Rayne went to 80% girls and 20% boys.

19472025

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.

Rayne: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Raine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rayne means

Rayne is a variant of Raine.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Rayne → Raine. The family’s meaning is “queen”, recorded in the naming reference for Raine.

Origin, language, and formation

Rayne is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Raine.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Rayne is pronounced /ɹeɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,034 girls were recorded with the name Rayne between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 385 in 2019; its best national rank was #736 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #768 in 2020 to #906 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,028 in 2015 to #906 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,346 boys were recorded with the name Rayne between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 75 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,018 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,576 in 2020 to #2,018 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,854 in 2015 to #2,018 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 Rayne?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 11,300
293 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 5,490
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#906
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,844 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rayne 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 7,844 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rayne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raynes were born

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

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
87.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,029
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Choose a decade

2010s — 38.3% of all recorded uses (3,077).

Is Rayne 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
+36
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−138
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+122
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
76.1%
Peak was 2019 (385)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#736
2019

Spellings of Rayne

Rayne is not the most common spelling — Jane is, with 31.7% against Rayne's 0.67%.

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 Rayne is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Rayne was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 1,667 girls, against 1 in 4,710 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in 12,500).

860 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 1,667
  2. 2Ohio1 in 2,564
  3. 3Michigan1 in 2,857
  4. 4Georgia1 in 2,941
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 3,125
  6. 6Missouri1 in 3,333
  7. 7Maryland1 in 3,571
  8. 8Florida1 in 3,704

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.

Geographically, Rayne is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 40% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Rayne is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Rayne was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 353,034 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Virginia1 in —
  6. 6Washington1 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. Rayne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rayne around the world

Where Rayne 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
    #951
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2015–2025
    #539
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2021–2024
    #898
    in 2024
  • France
    2024–2024
    #6,190
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,023
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1960–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, 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. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Rayne by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#906
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 138
Best rank ever
#736
2019
Peak year
2019
385 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,034
Count in 2025
293

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,018
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 558
Best rank ever
#2,018
2025
Peak year
2023
75 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,346
Count in 2025
75

Names similar to Rayne

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

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Names with a curve like Rayne

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

AzariaAveriMalayaGiavannaYamilethSienaAyleenZainabLiliannaLeylaZaniyahAliana

Sibling names for Rayne

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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