Rainier
Boy · ray-NEER · Germanic
Rainier is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel + army”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Rainier mean?
Germanic: French form of Rainer
“counsel + army”
Borne by Prince Rainier III of Monaco; Mount Rainier in Washington State also carries the name.
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Is Rainier a girl's or a boy's name?
Rainier is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rainier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Rainier, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the boys named Rainier in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 20% of the babies named Rainier in the US were girls.
Rainier in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
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