Raine
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- RAYN
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,548 for girls
Raine is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 1,548th for girls in the US (136 babies).
What does Raine mean?
English: perhaps a spelling of Rain, or from French reine, queen
Raine, Countess Spencer, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, was a well-known bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Raine a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Raine has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls and 8 boys in the UK and 136 girls and 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Raine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Raine, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 60 girls. 8 boys were also named Raine in 2025 (2,742nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Raine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 170 girls in the UK were given Raine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #305, up from #741 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 87% of the babies named Raine in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 778th in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Raine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 42 | #907 |
| 2023 | 60 | #661 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Raine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,548among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 136about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 136 girls in the US were named Raine, making it the 1,548th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,373rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954. 28 boys were also named Raine in 2025 (3,847th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Raine than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Raine in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,374 girls in the US were given Raine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #1,548 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 83% of the babies named Raine in the US were girls.
Raine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 136 | #1,548 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,446 |
| 2023 | 146 | #1,486 |
| 2022 | 164 | #1,395 |
| 2021 | 160 | #1,375 |
| 2020 | 158 | #1,373 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,687 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,672 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,986 |
| 2015 | 89 | #2,138 |
| 2014 | 94 | #2,071 |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,052 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 104 | #2,004 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,390 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,356 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Raine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Raine
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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, “Raine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raine, updated 20 October 2026.