How Many People Are Named Rayner?
An estimated 319 people in the United States have the first name Rayner. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Rayner peaked in popularity in 2024 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Rayner as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Rayner paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
319
About 1 in 1,074,465 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2024
25 births
Total Registered
342
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Rayner
Rayner is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 342 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Rayner as a male name
Ranked #4,282 in 2024
25 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (25 births)
Rayner: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Rayner span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 134 babies were registered. While Rayner is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Rayner by Decade
How has Rayner tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Rayner by State
Rayner + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Rayner as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Rayner
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Rayner: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rayner?
We estimate approximately 319 people named Rayner are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,074,465 Americans share this first name.
Is Rayner a common name?
Rayner is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 342 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Rayner most popular?
Rayner reached peak popularity in 2024, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Rayner is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Rayner a male name?
Rayner is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Rayner Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Rayner Smith, Rayner Johnson, Rayner Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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