Rein
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- RAYN
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Rein is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Rein mean?
Germanic: Dutch and Estonian short form of names such as Reinier (Rainer)
“counsel”
Is Rein a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rein has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Rein in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Rein, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 6 boys were also named Rein in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Rein in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,374 girls in the US were given Rein or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Rein in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Rein
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Rynlee Brynn Braelynn Brynlee Rylynn Brooklyn Raelynn Rowan Eowyn Sevyn Roan
Other spellings of Rein
Names related to Rein
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Rein: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rein, updated 20 October 2026.