# Raines (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/raines/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,518 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,676 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,348 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (20,373 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹeɪnz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Raines in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Raines in the United States and the Russian Empire.

## People named Raines

- Ella Raines, American actress (1920-1988)
- Tim Raines, American Hall of Fame baseball player and baseball coach
- Cristina Raines, American actress
- Brooklyn Raines, American soccer player
- Mikayla Raines, American wildlife rescuer/rehabilitator and YouTuber (1995–2025)
- Terri Irwin, American-Australian zoologist, conservationist and television host
- Isaac Jacob Reines, Belarusian rabbi (1839–1915)

## Similar surnames

Rains, Rines, Raynes, Range, Ryans, Ramesh, Rhines, Rimes, Rinke, Ramos, Ramsey, Reynoso.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.