Raynor
Boy · RAY-nor · Germanic
Raynor is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel + army”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Raynor mean?
Germanic: spelling of Rayner, from the Norman name Rainer
“counsel + army”
Jim Raynor is a lead character in the StarCraft video games.
- Say it
- RAY-nor
Is Raynor a girl's or a boy's name?
Raynor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raynor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Raynor, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Raynor in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raynor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
Nicknames for Raynor
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Raynor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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