Rainey

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning queen; a variant of Rainy or Rania.

Babies a year
60
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Rainey by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Rainey. In the US, 60 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 63 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Rania

Like Rainey, each of these traces back to Rania: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Raniyahgazing; looking; form of Rania107 in the US (2017)
  • Ranialooking, gazing45 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raniyalooking, gazing; a form of Rania8 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rainey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rainerain or counsel; from Rein47 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Railey20 in the US (2017)
  • Rainee14 in the US (2017)
  • Rainy11 in the US (2017)
  • Raimey7 in the US (2017)
  • Raney6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a queen

Like Rainey, each of these has a queen in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Reginaqueen759 in the US (2017)
  • Rayaqueen or princess547 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Reynaqueen; a variant of Reina453 in the US (2017)
  • Reinaqueen401 in the US (2017)
  • Raynaqueen; a modern spelling of Reyna391 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rainey

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