Rayne

What Rayne means

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

Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Rayne in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rayne?

US: Rising: up from #1026 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2945 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 385 girls got the name (#733 that year). First in the US records in 1947.

How common

• About 1 in 5,486 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,845 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 LA (0.55 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.54 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.51 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Rayne is #904 in the US and #951 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 79.6% of US babies named Rayne were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rain182 US · 20 E&W
• Raine136 US · 47 E&W
• Rune29 US · 5 E&W
• Rynn33 US
• Rayn27 US
• Ryn24 US
• Reine15 US · 5 E&W
• Rainn20 US

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 Rayne

Girls

• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies

For a brother

• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*

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