NameTides

Rain

Rain was the #1,235 girls' name in the US in 2025 (182 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Rain as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Rain as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Rain as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,235 (182)#1,512 (20)—#1,974 (11)
2024#1,378 (164)#1,491 (21)—#1,710 (13)
2023#1,212 (196)#1,959 (14)#540 (5)#1,582 (14)
2022#1,395 (164)#1,685 (17)—#2,133 (9)
2021#1,432 (150)#2,499 (10)—#1,592 (14)
2020#1,299 (170)#1,939 (14)—#2,163 (9)
2019#1,495 (146)#1,940 (14)—#1,798 (12)
2018#1,568 (138)#2,499 (10)—#2,151 (9)
2017#2,129 (90)#2,706 (9)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,054 (96)#4,096 (5)—#1,906 (11)
2015#2,060 (95)#4,103 (5)—#2,891 (6)
2014#1,940 (103)#4,684 (4)—#1,681 (13)
2013#1,557 (139)#4,739 (4)—#2,595 (7)
2012#1,719 (120)#5,876 (3)—#1,410 (17)
2011#1,840 (109)#4,049 (5)—#2,348 (8)

Rain as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Rain as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Rain as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,743 (93)#1,613 (16)#762 (3)#1,311 (18)
2024#1,661 (101)#2,089 (11)—#1,654 (12)
2023#2,147 (67)#1,407 (18)—#1,810 (10)
2022#1,839 (87)#1,880 (12)——
2021#2,300 (60)#3,451 (5)—#1,560 (12)
2020#2,366 (56)#2,682 (7)—#1,708 (10)
2019#3,259 (35)#2,104 (10)—#1,375 (14)
2018#2,893 (41)#3,011 (6)—#2,403 (6)
2017#2,672 (46)#2,734 (7)—#1,852 (9)
2016#3,441 (32)#4,023 (4)——
2015#3,299 (34)#4,747 (3)—#2,139 (7)
2014#3,154 (35)#4,632 (3)—#1,657 (10)
2013#4,313 (22)——#1,926 (8)
2012#3,002 (38)#4,805 (3)—#1,781 (9)
2011#3,235 (34)——#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,212.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.
  • In 2025, 66% of US babies named Rain were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rain is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rain by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,027CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Rain (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Rain (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RainCanadaGirls#1,97411
RainCanadaBoys#1,31118
RainEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
RainEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
RainNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RainScotlandGirls—too few
RainScotlandBoys#7623
RainUSGirls#1,235182
RainUSBoys#1,74393