Raine
Feminine · “queen”
Raine is given to both — 3,255 girls and 605 boys since 1880. See Raine as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Raine is a French surname — la reine, the queen — and it is also read as the English weather word, which gives one spelling two entirely different meanings.
How old is the name Raine?
Raine first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Raine is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,200 people named Raine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Raine most popular?
Raine peaked in 2020, reaching #1373 nationally. Today it ranks #1548, 175 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From regina to Raine
The story of Raine
Raine and Rayne were English surnames from both the French and Germanic sources. The given-name use is modern: nature and weather names rose in American naming from the 1990s alongside Rain, Storm and Sky, and the -e spelling followed. Raine appears in the American registers rising through the 2010s and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
queen; counsel
Three routes. The French reine, 'queen', from the Latin regina. The Germanic ragin, 'counsel', which gives Rayner and Reynold. Or simply the English rain respelled. The French and Germanic routes are both documented as surnames; the weather reading is a modern reinterpretation.
How the name formed
- regina
- reine
- Raine
Related forms: Rayne · Rain · Reine
Pronouncing Raine
RAYN
One syllable. Raine, Rayne and Rain are homophones; only the spelling differs.
Nicknames for Raine
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 2022164 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1373reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −10.5%136 in 2025, from 152
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Raine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rayne in English — spelling variant
- Rain in English — spelling variant
- Reine in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Raines among us
people named Raine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,818 born in 2025 was named Raine
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Raine
- #1548
- Raine on the 2025 chart
- #547
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Raine went to 136 girls in 2025, but Rayne, Rainee and Raynee are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 457, which makes it the 547th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,001 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 3,517 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 11,818 for Raine itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rayven test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Raine's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rayven climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rayven's path sketches the road Raine is walking now.
Raine sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Raine is headed
Raine should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Raine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Raine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The queen reading is genuinely strong and is documented as a surname source.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- Rainey is available as a longer affectionate form.
- The origin is genuinely split three ways.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in common use.
- It is a homophone of an ordinary English weather word.
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Frequently asked
- How many Raines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,200 people named Raine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Raine?
- Raine is one of 4 recorded spellings. Rayne is the more common one — 293 births in 2025 against 136 for Raine.
- How popular is the name Raine in 2025?
- Raine ranks #1548 among US girl names in 2025, with 136 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Raine?
- About 1 in every 11,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Raine — 136 in all.
- Will my child share the name Raine with classmates?
- Raine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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