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.

Rainier*

#5,064 most common boys' name of all time · #12,532 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1956–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,064
Rank overall
#12,532 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
920
Since 2016
371
Peak year
2023 #3,021
Best rank
#2,627 1956
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
1960198020002020

Rainier 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 35 35 #3,328
2024 — 27 27 #4,008
2023 10 41 51 #3,021
2022 5 40 45 #3,068
2021 6 40 46 #3,037
2020 — 34 34 #3,295
2019 11 30 41 #3,657
2018 6 32 38 #3,470
2017 — 24 24 #4,258
2016 — 30 30 #3,625
2015 8 35 43 #3,249
2014 — 20 20 #4,748
2013 — 23 23 #4,218
2012 — 26 26 #3,928
2011 — 17 17 #5,271
2010 — 20 20 #4,722
2009 — 8 8 #9,160
2008 — 18 18 #5,105
2007 — 14 14 #5,985
2006 — 16 16 #5,361
2005 — 15 15 #5,343
2004 — 15 15 #5,309
2003 — 14 14 #5,340
2002 — 7 7 #8,654
2001 — 9 9 #7,078
2000 — 10 10 #6,448
1999 — 5 5 #10,243
1998 — 11 11 #5,583
1997 — 11 11 #5,397
1996 — 9 9 #6,130
1995 — 11 11 #5,245
1994 — 9 9 #6,025
1993 — 12 12 #4,807
1992 — 10 10 #5,368
1991 — 9 9 #5,659
1990 — 8 8 #6,033
1989 — 11 11 #4,637
1988 — 5 5 #7,641
1987 — 12 12 #3,832
1986 — 9 9 #4,636
1985 — 6 6 #6,043
1984 — 12 12 #3,583
1983 — 14 14 #3,160
1982 — 10 10 #4,117
1981 — 16 16 #2,845
1980 — 5 5 #6,679
1979 — 6 6 #5,666
1978 — 5 5 #6,184
1977 — 11 11 #3,530
1976 — 6 6 #5,264
1975 — 10 10 #3,571
1972 — 5 5 #5,392
1971 — 5 5 #5,336
1970 — 8 8 #3,743
1963 — 5 5 #4,505
1957 — 7 7 #3,538
1956 — 11 11 #2,627