How rare is the name Raina?

10,301 people in the United States have the first name Raina, about 1 in 29,321. It ranks #2,416 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RAINA

#2,416

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,301
About
1 in 29,321
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,301 people named Raina, 50.4% reported their origin as White, 14.6% as Black and 13.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raina peaked in 2011, when 375 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
375
In 2025*
287 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,453 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Raina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,553. The largest share of babies named Raina, 36.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#10,32613
1950s#5,447114
1960s#3,630281
1970s#1,6541,333
1980s#1,9991,177
1990s#1,9961,589
2000s#1,5532,925
2010s#1,5773,256
2020s#1,7081,765
Baby boom 1946–641.6%
Generation X 1965–8013.6%
Millennials 1981–9616%
Generation Z 1997–1236.5%
2013 and later32.3%

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 Raina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raina has been most common in Florida (1.9×), Oregon (1.9×), and Washington (1.8×), and least common in Alabama (0.3×).

9,124 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.

Exactly as common as Raina

1 other first name also has 10,301 people.

#2,416 Emelia · 10,301

Either side of Raina

#2,414 Paloma · 10,303#2,416 Emelia · 10,301#2,418 Elton · 10,295#2,419 Michal · 10,276

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,361 Rayna · 10,648#2,845 Rana · 8,124#4,884 Rain · 3,671#5,946 Raine · 2,769#9,981 Raena · 1,357#12,345 Rainy · 1,011#20,005 Raini · 521#28,199 Rainah · 320

Also a last name

As a last name, Raina ranks #26,208 of 156,621, with 982 people. See Raina as a last name

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