Raney — unisex name

What the Data Says About Raney

The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Raney between 1964 and 2023, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Raney is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 71 additional births since 1917.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raney performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Raney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raney 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 342 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.