Meaning and history
Rain is a modern English nature name taken directly from the word for water falling from the atmosphere, which comes from Old English regn. It is used for both girls and boys and belongs to the broader modern practice of adopting weather and landscape words as personal names. Variants include Raine and Rayne; a notable bearer is American actress and musician Rain Phoenix.
20062006: 102 births, rank #1,961
2007: 127 births, rank #1,713
2008: 110 births, rank #1,913
2009: 112 births, rank #1,876
2010: 104 births, rank #1,928
20112011: 109 births, rank #1,840
2012: 120 births, rank #1,719
2013: 139 births, rank #1,557
2014: 103 births, rank #1,940
2015: 95 births, rank #2,060
20162016: 96 births, rank #2,054
2017: 90 births, rank #2,129
2018: 138 births, rank #1,568
2019: 146 births, rank #1,495
2020: 170 births, rank #1,299
20212021: 150 births, rank #1,432
2022: 164 births, rank #1,395
2023: 196 births, rank #1,212
2024: 164 births, rank #1,378
20252025: 182 births, rank #1,235
In 2025, 182 babies were recorded with the name Rain, ranking #1,235 among girls.