Rainbow
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAYN-boh
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Rainbow is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Rainbow mean?
English: English word used as a name
“rainbow”
Is Rainbow a girl's or a boy's name?
Rainbow is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rainbow in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Rainbow, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rainbow in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Rainbow in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Rainbow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Rainbow, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Rainbow in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rainbow in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Rainbow
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Riley Ocean Willow Fiadh Kiara Aoife Meadow Rowan Keira Caoimhe Wren
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rainbow: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rainbow, updated 20 October 2026.