Rayna

What Rayna means

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

Editor’s note Down from #722 in 2015 to #795 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rayna?

US: Falling: down from #722 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1601 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 449 girls got the name (#650 that year). First in the US records in 1932.

How common

• About 1 in 4,700 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,871 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 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 MS (0.67 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.59 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.49 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Rayna is #795 in the US and #705 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 Rayna 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
• Raina287 US · 26 E&W
• Rina79 US · 6 E&W
• Rena75 US · 4 E&W
• Runa62 US · 15 E&W
• Rana50 US · 13 E&W
• Rani31 US · 21 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 Rayna

Girls

• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

For a brother

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*

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 Rayna’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.