Raney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-nee
- Origin
- English
Raney is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Raney come from?
English: surname-style spelling of Rainey
Is Raney a girl's or a boy's name?
Raney is a girls' name.
How popular is Raney in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Raney in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
Names like Raney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Kenley Riley Ashley Teagan Keeley Brynn Reagan Bailey Devyn Kaitlyn Regan
Names related to Raney
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Raney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raney, updated 20 October 2026.