Rayner
Boy · RAY-ner · Germanic
Rayner is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel + army”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Rayner mean?
Germanic: English surname from the Norman name Rainer
“counsel + army”
English surname from the Norman personal name Rainer, of Germanic origin.
- Say it
- RAY-ner
Is Rayner a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Rayner, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Rayner in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rayner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Nicknames for Rayner
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rayner
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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