Girls' name · since 1946
Raynetta
Raynetta has 238 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Raynetta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 238 recorded since 1946.
Social Security Administration records show Raynetta recorded 238 times among girls since 1946, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1990.
- #18,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raynetta ranks #18,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Raynetta's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raynetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raynetta's full recorded timeline at 1965, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raynetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1990
- Peak year (1951)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1990.
238 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 21 births in a single year.
Raynetta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (82 births, 34% of the file).
1950s was Raynetta's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Raynetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
82 births
- 1960s
1960s
66 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 82 births (34% of all-time use).
Raynetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Raynetta's data
- Raynetta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raynetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1946–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raynetta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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