Rainey
- Gender
- Girl
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Rainey is a girls' name, meaning “descendant of Raighne”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Rainey mean?
“descendant of Raighne”
A female given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rainey a girl's or a boy's name?
Rainey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 76 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rainey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Rainey, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Rainey than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Rainey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Rainey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
How popular is Rainey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Rainey, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,376th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Rainey in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rainey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2021 | 82 | #2,251 |
| 2020 | 74 | #2,376 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,856 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,831 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Rainey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley, Eden, Kiara, Sienna, Lainey, Aubrey, Maeve, Cassidy, Rowan, Delilah, Quinn, Fatima
Names related to Rainey
Raine, Raina, Rain, Rainn, Rainie, Riane, Rainy, Rainee, Raini
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, “Rainey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rainey, updated 20 October 2026.