Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rainer

#4,139 most common boys' name of all time · #10,136 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among boys
#4,139
Rank overall
#10,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,276
Since 2016
455
Peak year
2018 #2,455
Best rank
#1,786 1964
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
1960198020002020

Rainer first appears in 1955. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 34 34 #3,401
2024 — 51 51 #2,609
2023 — 45 45 #2,817
2022 — 44 44 #2,894
2021 — 53 53 #2,506
2020 6 43 49 #2,817
2019 — 35 35 #3,278
2018 — 53 53 #2,455
2017 — 48 48 #2,614
2016 — 43 43 #2,802
2015 — 36 36 #3,172
2014 — 35 35 #3,177
2013 — 27 27 #3,779
2012 — 23 23 #4,291
2011 — 19 19 #4,854
2010 5 15 20 #5,824
2009 5 24 29 #4,191
2008 — 29 29 #3,678
2007 — 22 22 #4,414
2006 — 27 27 #3,719
2005 — 25 25 #3,741
2004 — 18 18 #4,663
2003 — 10 10 #6,854
2002 — 17 17 #4,561
2001 — 18 18 #4,353
2000 — 10 10 #6,444
1999 — 8 8 #7,317
1998 — 11 11 #5,580
1997 — 14 14 #4,530
1996 — 15 15 #4,268
1995 — 17 17 #3,755
1994 — 15 15 #4,155
1993 — 16 16 #3,891
1992 — 11 11 #5,011
1991 — 10 10 #5,245
1990 — 12 12 #4,511
1989 — 6 6 #7,291
1988 — 13 13 #3,807
1987 — 6 6 #6,412
1986 — 17 17 #2,956
1985 — 20 20 #2,556
1984 — 11 11 #3,812
1983 — 7 7 #5,129
1982 — 6 6 #5,920
1980 — 5 5 #6,673
1978 — 5 5 #6,178
1977 — 11 11 #3,527
1976 — 8 8 #4,232
1975 — 7 7 #4,575
1974 — 6 6 #4,938
1972 — 5 5 #5,386
1971 — 6 6 #4,708
1970 — 6 6 #4,527
1969 — 9 9 #3,264
1968 — 13 13 #2,426
1967 — 8 8 #3,182
1966 — 18 18 #1,888
1965 — 13 13 #2,361
1964 — 21 21 #1,786
1963 — 15 15 #2,197
1962 — 15 15 #2,184
1961 — 10 10 #2,887
1960 — 13 13 #2,421
1959 — 11 11 #2,660
1958 — 14 14 #2,261
1957 — 9 9 #3,017
1956 — 6 6 #3,914
1955 — 7 7 #3,502