Raney
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Raney by the numbers
Raney was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Raney
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ramey10 in the US (2017)
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
- Raynerain or counsel; a modern respelling of Raine368 in the US (2017)
- Ryleyrye clearing; a form of Riley120 in the US (2017)
- Rainerain or counsel; from Rein47 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Raney
Names that are said the same way as Raney, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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