Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Rain

Gender

Male

Origin

English

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Rain

Pronunciation

rain

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1659, 101 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1743, 93 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #1216, 195 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1235, 182 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202593182
2024101161
202367195
202287164
202160150
202056170
201935146
201841138
20174690
20163296

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1408, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1613, 16 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1491, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1512, 20 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251620
20241121
20231814
20221217
2021510
2020714
20191014
2018610
201779
201645

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #540, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
20253–
2024––
2023–5
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #585, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence