# Raina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,453 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,453 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 474, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Kashmiri 𑆫𑆽𑆤𑆳 (rainā) / रैना (rainā) / رینا (rainā). This surname is mostly found in Kashmir. Borrowed also from Italian Raina.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 375 | 737 |
| 2012 | 319 | 838 |
| 2013 | 288 | 894 |
| 2014 | 279 | 961 |
| 2015 | 299 | 920 |
| 2016 | 345 | 832 |
| 2017 | 357 | 774 |
| 2018 | 335 | 813 |
| 2019 | 349 | 795 |
| 2020 | 335 | 812 |
| 2021 | 306 | 888 |
| 2022 | 290 | 934 |
| 2023 | 289 | 920 |
| 2024 | 258 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 287 | 916 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,142 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,296 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,215 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,406 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,229 |

## People named Raina

- Raina Kabaivanska, Bulgarian opera singer
- Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist, illustrator and writer
- Rayna, Bulgarian singer
- Rayna Knyaginya, Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary (1856-1917)
- Rayna Kasabova, Bulgarian air force pilot
- Rayna Katsarova, Bulgarian ethnomusicologist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.