Rainey Girl
How popular is Rainey?
#2,368 girl name in 2025
76 baby girls were named Rainey in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
Rainey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,368 for girls (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 76 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #2,376 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (90 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,123 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rainey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rainey family of names ranked #988 for girls in 2025 (#1,096 the year before), with 206 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rainey | 76 | 37% |
| Rani | 31 | 15% |
| Rainy | 20 | 10% |
| Rainie | 22 | 11% |
| Rainee | 20 | 10% |
| Raini | 11 | 5% |
| Raynie | 12 | 6% |
| Raynee | 8 | 4% |
| Ranni | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rainey is most popular
Babies named Rainey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Rainey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1950s | 26 | #3,746 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,493 |
| 1970s | 134 | #3,558 |
| 1980s | 169 | #3,396 |
| 1990s | 346 | #2,668 |
| 2000s | 473 | #2,668 |
| 2010s | 498 | #2,744 |
| 2020s | 475 | #2,123 |
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Questions
- Is Rainey a boy or girl name?
- Rainey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Rainey were girls.
- How popular is the name Rainey?
- 76 baby girls were named Rainey in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
- When was Rainey most popular?
- Rainey peaked in 2022, when 90 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,123 in 2022.
- How many people are named Rainey?
- 2,632 babies have been named Rainey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,359 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Rainey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rainey was most common in Arkansas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.