Raina Girl
How popular is Raina?
#914 girl name in 2025
287 baby girls were named Raina in the US in 2025, making it the 914th most popular girl name.
Raina popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #914 for girls (▲ 85 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 287 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-4% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #920 in 2015, #810 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (375 girls) |
| Highest rank | #737 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rayna family of names ranked #455 for girls in 2025 (#449 the year before), with 648 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rayna | 342 | 53% |
| Raina | 287 | 44% |
| Rainah | 11 | 2% |
| Raynah | 8 | 1% |
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 Raina is most popular
Babies named Raina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.4 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (44 girls)
Raina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 13 | #3,881 |
| 1950s | 114 | #2,580 |
| 1960s | 281 | #1,276 |
| 1970s | 1,333 | #798 |
| 1980s | 1,177 | #966 |
| 1990s | 1,589 | #908 |
| 2000s | 2,925 | #797 |
| 2010s | 3,256 | #737 |
| 2020s | 1,765 | #810 |
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Questions
- Is Raina a boy or girl name?
- Raina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Raina were girls.
- How popular is the name Raina?
- 287 baby girls were named Raina in the US in 2025, making it the 914th most popular girl name.
- When was Raina most popular?
- Raina peaked in 2011, when 375 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #737 in 2011.
- How many people are named Raina?
- 12,453 babies have been named Raina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,222 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Raina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raina was most common in Minnesota, at 0.4 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.