How common is the surname Raines?

21,518 people in the United States had the surname Raines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,348 Americans. It ranked 1,676th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Raines?

Ella Raines, American actress (1920-1988), followed by Tim Raines.

Where is the surname Raines most common?

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

How do you pronounce Raines?

Raines is /ɹeɪnz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Raines getting more or less common?

More common. 20,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,518 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Raines

A surname, carried by 21,518 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹeɪnz/ 1 syllable Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raines is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,518 people named Raines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,348 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,373.

#1,676

rank among US surnames

21,518

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,614)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,667	Kilgore	21,627	14,276
#1,668	McGraw	21,614	14,285
#1,669	Dahl	21,598	14,295
#1,670	Diamond	21,586	14,303
#1,671	Pimentel	21,579	14,308
#1,672	Cornell	21,558	14,322
#1,673	Arreola	21,540	14,334

Who is named Raines

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Raines identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rainess

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ella Raines
American actress (1920-1988)
Tim Raines
American Hall of Fame baseball player and baseball coach, born 1959
Cristina Raines
American actress, born 1952
Brooklyn Raines
American soccer player, born 2005
Mikayla Raines
American wildlife rescuer/rehabilitator and YouTuber (1995–2025)
Terri Irwin
American-Australian zoologist, conservationist and television host, born 1964
Isaac Jacob Reines
Belarusian rabbi (1839–1915)

Notable Rainess come mostly from the United States (6) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raines

Raines has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

Questions

Where does the surname Raines come from?: From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.
How common is the surname Raines?: 21,518 people in the United States had the surname Raines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,348 Americans. It ranked 1,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raines?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Raines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Raines?: Ella Raines, American actress (1920-1988), followed by Tim Raines.
Where is the surname Raines most common?: Wikidata records people named Raines in the United States and the Russian Empire.
How do you pronounce Raines?: Raines is /ɹeɪnz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Raines getting more or less common?: More common. 20,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,518 in 2010, up 5.6%.