How rare is the name Rayne?

6,396 people in the United States have the first name Rayne, about 1 in 47,222. It ranks #3,320 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAYNE

#3,320

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,396
About
1 in 47,222
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,396 people named Rayne, 54.7% reported their origin as White, 20% as Black and 11% as Hispanic or Latino. 84.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rayne peaked in 2019, when 435 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
435
In 2025*
368 ▼15%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 9,380 babies have been given the name since 1947. 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.

Rayne by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,412. The largest share of babies named Rayne, 50.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#6,48182
1960s#6,234107
1970s#7,297123
1980s#7,052171
1990s#3,390701
2000s#1,8132,387
2010s#1,4903,476
2020s#1,4122,328
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1240.3%
2013 and later50.3%

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 Rayne is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rayne has been most common in Florida (2.4×), Louisiana (2.3×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.22×).

5,998 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Rayne ranks #30,281 of 156,621, with 827 people. See Rayne as a last name

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