How Many People Are Named Rainer?
people named Rainer are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 281,073 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,276 babies named Rainer in Social Security records from 1955 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German form of RAYNER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rainer, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rainer alive today is about 22 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rainer first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 2018, to 53 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rainer has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,782, in 1964. In 2025 it ranked #3,428.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,428 |
| Best rank | #1,782 (1964) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,328 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rainer alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rainer were born in California than in any other state: about 53 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rainer was given about 3.7 times as often in California.
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