Raina
Girl · RAY-na · Slavic
Big in Northern Ireland
Raina is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 914th for girls in the US (287 babies).
What does Raina mean?
Slavic: Bulgarian name; also a spelling of Rayna
Raina Petkoff is the romantic Bulgarian heroine of George Bernard Shaw's comedy Arms and the Man (1894).
- Say it
- RAY-na
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Is Raina a girl's or a boy's name?
Raina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 287 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Raina, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 50 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Raina than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Raina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 179 girls in the UK were given Raina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #283, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Raina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 39 | #956 |
| 2021 | 50 | #805 |
| 2020 | 45 | #862 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 42 | #942 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Raina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #914among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 287about 1 in 5,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 287 girls in the US were named Raina, making it the 914th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 810th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 375 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Raina in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,681 girls in the US were given Raina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #216, up from #914 for this spelling alone.
Raina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287 | #914 |
| 2024 | 258 | #999 |
| 2023 | 289 | #918 |
| 2022 | 290 | #930 |
| 2021 | 306 | #888 |
| 2020 | 335 | #810 |
| 2019 | 349 | #794 |
| 2018 | 335 | #812 |
| 2017 | 357 | #773 |
| 2016 | 345 | #831 |
| 2015 | 299 | #920 |
| 2014 | 279 | #960 |
| 2013 | 288 | #892 |
| 2012 | 319 | #837 |
| 2011 | 375 | #737 |
| 2010 | 310 | #862 |
| 2009 | 335 | #834 |
| 2008 | 298 | #918 |
| 2007 | 288 | #937 |
| 2006 | 286 | #924 |
| 2005 | 316 | #818 |
| 2004 | 318 | #797 |
| 2003 | 306 | #807 |
| 2002 | 284 | #818 |
| 2001 | 273 | #837 |
| 2000 | 221 | #956 |
| 1999 | 232 | #908 |
| 1998 | 201 | #996 |
| 1997 | 183 | #1,039 |
| 1996 | 159 | #1,137 |
| 1995 | 166 | #1,071 |
| 1994 | 171 | #1,059 |
| 1993 | 151 | #1,162 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,593 |
| 1990 | 123 | #1,314 |
| 1989 | 116 | #1,330 |
| 1988 | 114 | #1,279 |
| 1987 | 100 | #1,362 |
| 1986 | 132 | #1,113 |
| 1985 | 108 | #1,259 |
| 1984 | 88 | #1,355 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,200 |
| 1982 | 113 | #1,198 |
| 1981 | 146 | #998 |
| 1980 | 153 | #966 |
| 1979 | 183 | #851 |
| 1978 | 144 | #964 |
| 1977 | 156 | #905 |
| 1976 | 133 | #956 |
| 1975 | 117 | #1,026 |
| 1974 | 111 | #1,063 |
| 1973 | 88 | #1,211 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,226 |
| 1971 | 176 | #798 |
| 1970 | 139 | #926 |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,276 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,728 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Names like Raina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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