How Many People Are Named Rainbow?
people named Rainbow are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 577,339 people in the US has this name
Based on 606 babies named Rainbow in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the arc of multicoloured light that can appear in a misty sky.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rainbow in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rainbow alive today is about 25 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rainbow first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1980, to 28 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rainbow has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,114, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #6,766.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,766 |
| Best rank | #3,114 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,679 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rainbow alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rainbow were born in California than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today.
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