Rain**
#2,536 most common girls' name of all time · #4,320 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1956–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#2,536
Rank overall
#4,320 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
4,806
Since 2016
2,114
Peak year
2025 #1,237
Best rank
#1,216 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 275/yr
Rain first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 182 | 93 | 275 | #1,237 |
| 2024 | 164 | 101 | 265 | #1,380 |
| 2023 | 196 | 67 | 263 | #1,216 |
| 2022 | 164 | 87 | 251 | #1,397 |
| 2021 | 150 | 60 | 210 | #1,438 |
| 2020 | 170 | 56 | 226 | #1,301 |
| 2019 | 146 | 35 | 181 | #1,499 |
| 2018 | 138 | 41 | 179 | #1,572 |
| 2017 | 90 | 46 | 136 | #2,136 |
| 2016 | 96 | 32 | 128 | #2,062 |
| 2015 | 95 | 34 | 129 | #2,070 |
| 2014 | 103 | 35 | 138 | #1,947 |
| 2013 | 139 | 22 | 161 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 120 | 38 | 158 | #1,727 |
| 2011 | 109 | 34 | 143 | #1,846 |
| 2010 | 104 | 29 | 133 | #1,935 |
| 2009 | 112 | 35 | 147 | #1,879 |
| 2008 | 110 | 36 | 146 | #1,916 |
| 2007 | 127 | 38 | 165 | #1,717 |
| 2006 | 102 | 24 | 126 | #1,965 |
| 2005 | 87 | 12 | 99 | #2,127 |
| 2004 | 75 | 12 | 87 | #2,320 |
| 2003 | 124 | 17 | 141 | #1,557 |
| 2002 | 93 | 23 | 116 | #1,908 |
| 2001 | 81 | 15 | 96 | #2,070 |
| 2000 | 59 | 21 | 80 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 53 | 18 | 71 | #2,652 |
| 1998 | 56 | 18 | 74 | #2,473 |
| 1997 | 43 | 22 | 65 | #2,839 |
| 1996 | 46 | 21 | 67 | #2,686 |
| 1995 | 45 | 12 | 57 | #2,709 |
| 1994 | 34 | 10 | 44 | #3,333 |
| 1993 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #5,079 |
| 1992 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #6,428 |
| 1991 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,697 |
| 1990 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #7,009 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,992 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,724 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,800 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,520 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,732 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,185 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,585 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,276 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,296 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,839 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,492 |
| 1971 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #3,905 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,951 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,331 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,403 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,847 |