How Many People Are Named Rainier?
people named Rainier are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 382,309 people in the US has this name
Based on 920 babies named Rainier in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
51 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of RAYNER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rainier, 5.1% were girls and 94.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rainier alive today is about 18 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rainier first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 2023, to 51 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rainier has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,606, in 1956. In 2025 it ranked #3,361.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,361 |
| Best rank | #2,606 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,007 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rainier alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rainier were born in Washington than in any other state: about 91 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rainier was given 22.2 times as often in Washington and 3.6 times in California.
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