Rainbow
#9,798 most common girls' name of all time · #16,305 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#9,798
Rank overall
#16,305 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
606
Since 2016
195
Peak year
1980 #3,124
Best rank
#3,124 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Rainbow first appears in 1971. 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 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,128 |
| 2023 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,030 |
| 2022 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,541 |
| 2021 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,810 |
| 2020 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,375 |
| 2019 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,209 |
| 2018 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,062 |
| 2017 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,366 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,728 |
| 2015 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,593 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,340 |
| 2013 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,499 |
| 2012 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,801 |
| 2011 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,978 |
| 2009 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,709 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,194 |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,893 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,567 |
| 2001 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,960 |
| 2000 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,763 |
| 1999 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,427 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,830 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,969 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,097 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,360 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,704 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,989 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,121 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,499 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,975 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,665 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,065 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,001 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,128 |
| 1980 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,124 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,028 |
| 1978 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,424 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,364 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,161 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,823 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,024 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,858 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,455 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,274 |