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Rayner

Masculine

1918high 2024
#4707 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare21 boys in 2025

Rayner entered the US charts in 1918, peaked at #2671 in 1940, ranks #4707 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Rayner?

Rayner first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Rayner is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 300 people named Rayner are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Rayner most popular?

Rayner peaked in 1940, reaching #2671 nationally. Today it ranks #4707, 2,036 places below that high. See the whole 1940 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1918–202526130262119182025

US babies named Rayner per year from 1918 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26711910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1918
Most boys named
202426 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2671reached in 1940
Change vs 2024
−19.2%21 in 2025, from 26
Rayner sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 26 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Rayners among us

300

people named Rayner are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was named Rayner

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Rayner

#4707
Rayner on the 2025 chart
#873
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Rayner went to 21 boys in 2025, but Rainer is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 55, which makes it the 873rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,834 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 31,056 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 81,337 for Rayner 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

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Is it right for you

The Felder test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rayner's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Felder climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Felder's path sketches the road Rayner is walking now.

40%chance Rayner will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Rayner, aligned on its peakFelder· peak 1919not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsFelder · #3871Rayner today
Rayner today is about where Felder stood in 2004 — 85 years past a #2665-sized peak. Within 15 years, Felder had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Rayner 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

Rayner beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Rayner in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Raynerthis name21#4707Ole21#4707Shelton21#4707Constantino21#4707Adel21#4707

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Rayners are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Rayner are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Rayner?
Rayner is one of 2 recorded spellings. Rainer is the more common one — 34 births in 2025 against 21 for Rayner.
How popular is the name Rayner in 2025?
Rayner ranks #4707 among US boy names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Rayner?
About 1 in every 81,337 US boys born in 2025 was named Rayner — 21 in all.
Will my child share the name Rayner with classmates?
Rayner will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Rayner

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Ole#4707 · Shelton#4707 · Constantino#4707 · Adel#4707 · Cord#4707 · Zalman#4707 · Montez#4707 · Homer#4707

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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