Rayne

Where Rayne comes from

The dictionaries list Rayne as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #5,295 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2001
    Rayne Fisher-Quann born
    Canadian writer
  4. 2019
    Peak, #733
    385 babies named Rayne — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Rayne Fisher-Quann · Canadian writer, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.