girls:
46 births since 2015
#5670 (1st percentile)
boys:
812 births since 1956
#3775 (18th percentile)
overall:
858 births since 1956
#6881 (11th percentile)
The name Rainier is the #6,881 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 858 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,775 (17.6% percentile) for all time with 812 births since 1956. For girls, it ranks #5,670 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 2015.
Rainier first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for boys and 2015 for girls). Birth data for Rainier is available in 55 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 6 years for girls). 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 Rainier has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 80.4% of babies named Rainier were boys.
For boys, Rainier reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #875) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rainier is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #875 (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million.
For girls, Rainier reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #939) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rainier is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rainier".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Rainier. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.1% confident that Rainier is pronounced as ray-NIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-nee-er, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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