girls:
342 births since 1964
#5374 (6th percentile)
boys:
71 births since 1917
#4515 (1st percentile)
overall:
413 births since 1917
#7326 (5th percentile)
The name Raney is the #7,326 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 413 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 5.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,374 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 342 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,515 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 71 births since 1917.
Raney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1964 for girls). Birth data for Raney is available in 51 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (41 years for girls and 12 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 Raney has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Raney were girls. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for boys (80.6% boys from 1917 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (96.2% girls from 1970 to 2023).
For girls, Raney reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #926) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Raney ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 64.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Raney reached its peak popularity in 1965, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #640) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Raney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Raney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Raney is pronounced as RAY-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-NEE, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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