Rainey

#2,368 for girls in 2025, 76 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 82.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 90 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,182
since 1914

Rainey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #1,058, 1901girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,36876
2024#2,34778#10,9386
2023#2,39775
2022#2,12390
2021#2,25182
2020#2,37674
2019#2,85658#10,8036
2018#3,20150
2017#2,74462
2016#2,82960
2015#3,53344
2014#3,48645#12,1085
2013#3,31448
2012#3,78241
2011#3,78140
2010#3,25650
2009#3,29850
2008#2,83163
2007#3,42848
2006#4,16535
2005#3,21248
2004#3,68939#9,9486
2003#3,13147#8,6437
2002#2,88851
2001#3,54937#7,5368
2000#2,67255
1999#3,80431#6,5309
1998#3,06841#9,6315
1997#3,10538
1996#2,67246#6,4968
1995#2,97739#7,7926
1994#3,30234#7,7706
1993#4,25724#8,7005
1992#4,23624#6,6707
1991#2,93539#8,2365
1990#3,52330
1989#3,40230
1988#5,06516#6,4266
1987#3,85722#6,9515
1986#4,18619
1985#8,3187
1984#5,22213
1983#5,14813#6,2385
1982#5,91111
1981#4,34417
1980#3,71921
1979#4,84214
1978#3,92418#5,7725
1977#4,65214
1976#3,96316
1975#4,14115
1974#3,55818
1973#6,0808
1972#5,4809#4,4416
1971#6,0068
1970#4,03814#4,2306
1969#5,9747#4,4045
1968#6,2466#3,3657
1967#6,0426#3,5596
1966#5,2737#3,9485
1965#4,4949
1964#6,0096#4,0395
1963#3,6466
1962#6,5785#3,3057
1961
1960#6,3905#3,6656
1959#4,3009#3,9885
1958#3,74711#2,64210
1957#3,2577
1956#2,7989
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951#4,8336#2,6629
1950#2,11113
1949
1948
1947#3,7335
1946#2,5349
1945
1944#2,4679
1943
1942#3,5605
1941
1940#2,4789
1939#3,1136
1938#2,4799
1937
1936#3,1476
1935#3,2526
1934#2,5639
1933#3,2686
1932#3,7765
1931#3,7635
1930#3,5926
1929#2,45211
1928#4,1515
1927#3,7806
1926#4,2015
1925#3,7416
1924#3,2608
1923#3,4677
1922#2,63011
1921
1920#4,9755#2,45912
1919#3,3917
1918#3,7286
1917#3,9815
1916#2,54310
1915#3,0827
1914#3,6185#2,6517
1913#1,80310
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1907#1,3455
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1901#1,0585
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Rainey! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rainey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#2,347#2,368)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#2,376#2,368)
  • 1,165 spots since 2015 (#3,533#2,368)
Rise & fade · girls
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 2022 at #2,123 (90 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,224
  • Highest: 1 in 18,224 girls born in 2022 were named Rainey (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,148 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 22.8% of all girls named Rainey (498) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
  • Mostly boys until 1968, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,618 (1914)#3,618
1920s5#4,975 (1920)#4,975
1930s0
1940s0
1950s26#3,747 (1958)#4,293
1960s51#4,494 (1965)#5,876
1970s134#3,558 (1974)#4,668
1980s169#3,402 (1989)#4,917
1990s346#2,672 (1996)#3,388
2000s473#2,672 (2000)#3,286
2010s498#2,744 (2017)#3,278
2020s475#2,123 (2022)#2,310

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rainey in 1914

girls
#3,618
5 births · 1 in 152,316 girls
boys
#2,651
7 births · 1 in 93,537 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #3,618Rainey5

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #2,651Rainey7
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 152,316 of them was named Rainey, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rainey
  1. #3,188Zoa6
  2. #3,188Zoie6
  3. #3,188Zylphia6
  4. #3,618Rainey5
  5. #3,618Aaron5
  6. #3,618Abelina5
  7. #3,618Adelee5

Tied with 588 names at #3,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 93,537 of them was named Rainey, which outranked 29.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rainey
  1. #2,457Yancey8
  2. #2,457Yates8
  3. #2,457Zolton8
  4. #2,651Rainey7
  5. #2,651Ad7
  6. #2,651Adair7
  7. #2,651Adalbert7
  8. #2,915Abbot6
  9. #2,915Abelardo6
  10. #2,915Abundio6

Tied with 263 names at #2,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914