How rare is the name Rain?

3,671 people in the United States have the first name Rain, about 1 in 82,275. It ranks #4,884 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAIN

#4,884

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,671
About
1 in 82,275
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,671 people named Rain, 45.1% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.6% as Black. 76.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rain peaked in 2025, when 275 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
275
In 2025*
275
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 4,806 babies have been given the name since 1956. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rain by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,916. The largest share of babies named Rain, 52.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#13,71613
1970s#7,690113
1980s#18,23229
1990s#4,461467
2000s#2,9241,203
2010s#2,7031,486
2020s#1,9161,490
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–966%
Generation Z 1997–1238.4%
2013 and later52.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rain is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rain has been most common in California (3×), Florida (2.4×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in Illinois (0.37×).

2,107 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rain

#4,881 Zak · 3,673#4,883 Laron · 3,672#4,885 Stefania · 3,670#4,886 Jordynn · 3,669

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rain, most common first.

#2,416 Raina · 10,301#5,831 Ran · 2,849#5,946 Raine · 2,769#12,345 Rainy · 1,011#12,788 Rayn · 962#20,005 Raini · 521#25,481 Rahn · 372#33,047 Rainn · 252

Also a last name

As a last name, Rain ranks #22,420 of 156,621, with 1,177 people. See Rain as a last name

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