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Rina

Gender
Girl
Say it
REE-na
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,298 for girls

Rina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “joyful song”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).

What does Rina mean?

Hebrew: Hebrew word; also a short form of names like Marina

“joyful song”

In Hebrew rina means a joyful song or shout; it is also a short form of names such as Katerina and Marina.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Rina a girl's or a boy's name?

Rina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Rina, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Rina than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Rina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Rina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 17 in 20122025
Rina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20249#2,832
202310#2,640
202212#2,277
20219#2,846
202014#2,046
20196#3,738
20188#3,068
201710#2,652
20168#3,105
20155#4,294
20147#3,321
201310#2,599
201217#1,828
20115#4,244
20106#3,715
20099#2,695
20088#2,895
200710#2,354
200612#1,987
20059#2,360
20048#2,406
20037#2,574
200215#1,399
20018#2,150
20006#2,554
19996#2,559
19987#2,304
19975#2,896
19969#1,862

How popular is Rina in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,298th among girls
Babies in 2025
79 about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Rina, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 1980, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Rina than any year since 1980.

Half of all the girls named Rina in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 191 girls in the US were given Rina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,084, up from #2,298 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 90 in 19802025
Rina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202579#2,298
202478#2,347
202373#2,442
202265#2,661
202158#2,892
202062#2,682
201949#3,221
201872#2,457
201771#2,508
201668#2,594
201563#2,773
201462#2,779
201370#2,533
201272#2,516
201166#2,663
201057#2,975
200962#2,825
200869#2,663
200760#2,964
200661#2,850
200570#2,478
200461#2,675
200356#2,768
200274#2,225
200153#2,762
200056#2,628
199956#2,524
199859#2,367
199759#2,280
199650#2,506
199560#2,211
199456#2,318
199341#2,877
199251#2,483
199150#2,478
199067#2,006
198956#2,164
198861#1,964
198756#1,990
198640#2,469
198562#1,808
198469#1,604
198371#1,565
198269#1,653
198173#1,596
198090#1,380
197973#1,569
197867#1,598
197761#1,701
197653#1,775
197540#2,136
197444#1,937
197338#2,094
197246#1,832
197153#1,709
197058#1,619
196957#1,572
196864#1,406
196752#1,559
196665#1,351
196583#1,177
196477#1,254
196357#1,478
196250#1,597
196139#1,837
196031#2,060
195940#1,740
195826#2,208
195733#1,903
195621#2,452
195516#2,838
195415#2,888
195322#2,235
195216#2,670
195112#3,105
195017#2,435
194917#2,409
194813#2,827
194712#3,060
194618#2,227
194512#2,597
194414#2,400
194321#1,899
194213#2,536
194112#2,531
194021#1,745
19397#3,427
19389#2,938
193711#2,569
193611#2,520
193514#2,205
193411#2,566
193323#1,552
193215#2,129
193112#2,425
193019#1,874
192921#1,765
192815#2,283
192725#1,668
192616#2,256
192514#2,488
192427#1,643
192319#2,021
192215#2,387
192112#2,762
192018#2,079
191912#2,639
191817#2,101
191714#2,315
191619#1,805
19156#3,793
191415#1,740
19139#2,163
19120–
191111#1,450
19100–
19090–
19085#2,101
19076#1,820
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19009#1,318
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,276
18870–
18860–
18850–
18845#1,024

Names like Rina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Rina

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Rina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rina, updated 20 October 2026.