Raine is a distinctive choice, ranked #952 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Raine in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#952
About the Name Raine
Raine is steadily gaining in popularity, up 61 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #632 in 2023, and it currently sits at #952. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Raine is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Raine
Unlikely. With around 37 UK babies named Raine per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Raine in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Raine is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 61 places over the last five years to #952 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Raine is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Raine include: Willy Raine — Willy Raine is a retired Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.; Raine Seville — Loraine Seville, better known by her stage names Raine Seville, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist.; Craig Raine — Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL is an English contemporary poet..
Raine does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Raines in the wild.
37
UK babies named Raine (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 61 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Raine
Likely around 1 other Raine in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Raine
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Loraine Seville, better known by her stage names Raine Seville, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist. She was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.
Adam Raine may refer to: Adam Raine (gridiron football) British-American football player Raine v. OpenAI a 2025 ongoing lawsuit filed against OpenAI on its alleged contribution to the suicide of a teenage Adam Raine.
Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a pioneer of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects.
Suzanne Elizabeth Raine is an academic who was elected Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge on October 1st 2025, succeeding the previous Master Roger Mosey. She was previously a civil servant at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, specialising in foreign policy, national security, and terrorism.
Nancy Catherine Greene Raine is a former Canadian Senator for British Columbia and an Olympic alpine champion voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jessica Raine is an English actress. She rose to prominence as Nurse Jennifer Lee in Call the Midwife and is also best known as Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time.
Raine Island is a vegetated coral cay 32 hectares (79 acres) in total area situated on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef off northeastern Australia. It lies approximately 620 km (390 mi) north-northwest of Cairns in Queensland, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east-northeast of Cape Grenville on the Cape York Peninsula.