Girls' name · since 1975
Rayni
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Rayni, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
149 girls have been named Rayni since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rayni has 149 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2024.
- #22,854 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayni ranks #22,854 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rayni's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rayni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rayni splits its recorded history at 2007: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rayni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Rayni by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (42 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Rayni's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Rayni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 42 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Rayni's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rayni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1975–2024 (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 Rayni 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.