# Reiner (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reiner/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹaɪ.nə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 346 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 346 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Reiner. Doublet of Rayner.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 10,507 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,885 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,489 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,238 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,994 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,666 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,678 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,506 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,560 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,583 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,290 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,163 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,204 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,586 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,504 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Reiner

- Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (1936–1999)
- Reiner Knizia, board game designer
- Reiner Schöne, German actor
- Reiner Hollmann, German association football player and manager
- Reiner Geye, German footballer (1949-2002)
- Reiner Gies, boxer
- Reiner Maurer, German footballer (born 1960)
- Reiner Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
- Reiner Schürmann, German-American philosopher
- Reiner Fuellmich, German jurist (b. 1958)
- Reiner Goldberg, German opera singer (1939-2023)

## 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.