Raynette — girls' name
686 babies named Raynette in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Raynette was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Raynette in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raynette
The Social Security Administration has registered 686 babies named Raynette between 1941 and 1996, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raynette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raynette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Raynette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 164 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Raynette in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raynette 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 686 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.
Raynette at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raynette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1941
- Peak year (1967)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
686 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 28 births in a single year.
Raynette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 208 births that decade — 30% of Raynette's all-time total
Raynette decade highlights
- Peak decade 208 births
- Runner-up 168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Raynette's strongest decade
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Raynette by state
Where Raynette concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 164 | 23.9% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 0.9% |
164 of 686 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 23.9% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 23.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1941–1996 (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.