Raina

What Raina means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Raina yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #920 in 2015 to #914 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Raina?

US: Steady: #920 in 2015, #914 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1452 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 375 girls got the name (#737 that year). First in the US records in 1946.

How common

• About 1 in 5,600 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,742 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.77 per 1,000 girls), IN (0.5 per 1,000 girls), MO (0.49 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Raina is #914 in the US and #1229 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Raina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Reina510 US · 61 E&W
• Reyna493 US · 15 E&W
• Rayna342 US · 52 E&W
• Rina79 US · 6 E&W
• Rena75 US · 4 E&W
• Rainey76 US · 3 E&W
• Runa62 US · 15 E&W
• Rana50 US · 13 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Raina

Girls

• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Raina’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.