Rayner — #4206 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rayner

The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Rayner between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rayner currently holds the #4206 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayner performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rayner shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rayner in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayner 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.