Rainelle — girls' name
148 babies named Rainelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Rainelle was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Rainelle in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rainelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Rainelle between 1949 and 2014, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rainelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rainelle performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rainelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rainelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rainelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 148 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rainelle at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rainelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1949
- Peak year (1949)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
148 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 46 births in a single year.
Rainelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 46 births that decade — 31% of Rainelle's all-time total
Rainelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Rainelle's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Rainelle by state
Where Rainelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 9 | 6.1% |
9 of 148 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.