Rainbow

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rainbow: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rainbow: Recorded since 1999, it reached #2,163 in 2020, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2163highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2008	#3397
2010	#3533
2012	#5876
2014	#3160
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#3541
2020	#2163
2021	#5581
2022	#2488
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #2163 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rainbow by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rainbow in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010s	31	6 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rainbow appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2163 in England and Wales in 2020.

Rainbow's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,163, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Raine · #541, 28y
Rainer · #332, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andrada · #2163, 13y
Eslem · #2163, 12y
Mia-Mae · #2163, 15y
Uswa · #2163, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Elham · #2163, 23y
Mala · #2163, 26y
Gurkirat · #2165, 20y
Jameelah · #2165, 23y

Rainbow and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rainbow without appearing here.

Rainbow moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #5669.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Rainbow

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2927.

Moved the opposite way to Rainbow

Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rainbow went from #3397 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.

Moved the same way as Rainbow

Carol Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rainbow went from #3900 to #5581 and Carol from #1805 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rainbow went from #3900 to #5581 and Karin from #1557 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rainbow went from #3900 to #5581 and Tyler from #237 to #5581.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2163 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rainbow

Rainbow at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rainbow by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rainbow appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rainbow and the names beside it

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Rainbow at a glance

Rainbow by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rainbow appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rainbow and the names beside it

Rainbow moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rainbow

Moved the opposite way to Rainbow

Moved the same way as Rainbow