Masculine dossier · first seen 1955

Rainer

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rainer
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1955Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

3.8%

2024

All-time

1,225

Rainer has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 53 boys were named Rainer.

In 2024, only 51 boys were given the name.

All told, about 1,225 Americans have been named Rainer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1955.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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