Rain Boy & girl
How popular is Rain?
#1,235 girl name in 2025
182 baby girls were named Rain in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular girl name. Another 93 boys got the name (#1,743 for boys).
Rain popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,235 for girls (▲ 143 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 182 girls, 93 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+92% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,060 in 2015, #1,299 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (196 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,212 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 29% boys, 71% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rain counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rayne family of names ranked #464 for girls in 2025 (#475 the year before), with 638 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rain is most popular
Babies named Rain per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.2 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (124 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Rain by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1960s | 13 | #5,859 |
| 1970s | 105 | #3,404 |
| 1980s | 24 | #9,108 |
| 1990s | 335 | #2,458 |
| 2000s | 970 | #1,551 |
| 2010s | 1,140 | #1,495 |
| 2020s | 1,026 | #1,212 |
Girl names about as popular as Rain
Questions
- Is Rain a boy or girl name?
- Rain is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 29% of babies named Rain were boys and 71% were girls.
- How popular is the name Rain?
- 182 baby girls were named Rain in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular girl name. Another 93 boys got the name (#1,743 for boys).
- When was Rain most popular?
- Rain peaked in 2023, when 196 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,212 in 2023.
- How many people are named Rain?
- 4,806 babies have been named Rain in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,763 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Rain most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rain was most common in Colorado, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.