Rainey*
#3,734 most common girls' name of all time · #6,396 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1901–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#3,734
Rank overall
#6,396 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
2,632
Since 2016
717
Peak year
2022 #2,128
Best rank
#2,128 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 90/yr
Rainey first appears in 1901. 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 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,370 |
| 2024 | 78 | 6 | 84 | #2,348 |
| 2023 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,400 |
| 2022 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,128 |
| 2021 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,254 |
| 2020 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,378 |
| 2019 | 58 | 6 | 64 | #2,862 |
| 2018 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,211 |
| 2017 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2016 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,834 |
| 2015 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,542 |
| 2014 | 45 | 5 | 50 | #3,494 |
| 2013 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,319 |
| 2012 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,795 |
| 2011 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,792 |
| 2010 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,262 |
| 2009 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,306 |
| 2008 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,834 |
| 2007 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,434 |
| 2006 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,175 |
| 2005 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,217 |
| 2004 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #3,698 |
| 2003 | 47 | 7 | 54 | #3,137 |
| 2002 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,896 |
| 2001 | 37 | 8 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2000 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,676 |
| 1999 | 31 | 9 | 40 | #3,812 |
| 1998 | 41 | 5 | 46 | #3,074 |
| 1997 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,113 |
| 1996 | 46 | 8 | 54 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #2,986 |
| 1994 | 34 | 6 | 40 | #3,316 |
| 1993 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #4,280 |
| 1992 | 24 | 7 | 31 | #4,254 |
| 1991 | 39 | 5 | 44 | #2,949 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,533 |
| 1989 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,417 |
| 1988 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #5,109 |
| 1987 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #3,877 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,203 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,420 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1983 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #5,191 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,968 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,380 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,745 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1978 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #3,950 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,691 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,991 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,186 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,589 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,165 |
| 1972 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #5,547 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,088 |
| 1970 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #4,078 |
| 1969 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #6,078 |
| 1968 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #6,361 |
| 1967 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #6,165 |
| 1966 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #5,365 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1964 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #6,138 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,737 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #6,521 |
| 1959 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #4,378 |
| 1958 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #3,798 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1956 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,963 |
| 1950 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,137 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,798 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | — |