girls:
3.3k births since 1956
#3031 (47th percentile)
boys:
992 births since 1971
#3600 (21st percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1956
#4198 (46th percentile)
The name Rain is the #4,198 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,258 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 45.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,031 (47.0% percentile) for all time with 3,266 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #3,600 (21.5% percentile) for all time with 992 births since 1971.
Rain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Rain is available in 51 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (50 years for girls and 36 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rain has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 74.9% of babies named Rain were girls.
For girls, Rain reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.0% percentile (ranked #758) with 111 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 111 births per million (ranked 20.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rain is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #758 (20.0% percentile) with 111 births per million.
For boys, Rain reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #842) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rain ranks #851 for boys (6.6% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 76.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rain".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rain. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Rain is pronounced as rayn, which has 1 syllables.
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