Rainer
Boy · English
Rainer is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “counsel by the gods”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Rainer mean?
English
“counsel by the gods”
An English and American surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rainer a girl's or a boy's name?
Rainer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rainer in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 4 boys.
Rainer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Rainer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Rainer, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had fewer boys named Rainer than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Rainer in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rainer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,498 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
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