Rainer — #2602 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rainer

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,225 babies named Rainer between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rainer currently holds the #2602 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rainer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rainer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rainer in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rainer 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 1,225 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.