Rainer

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rainer: Recorded since 1952, it reached #332 in 1960, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#332highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2022

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2004	#3651
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2017	#3996
2020	#4608
2021	#3990
2022	#4789

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 27 of the 41 years from 1952 to 1992.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1952–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #392 among boys in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1992
Highest recorded position: #332 among boys in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1952–1992).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Rainer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 161 births with the name.

Rainer across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rainer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#392 (1952)	#332 (1960)	#620 (1992)	27 of 41	161 (1952–1992)	12 (1978)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#2859 (1997)	#4789 (2022)	8 of 26	27 (1997–2022)	4 (2012)

Rainer by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Rainer in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	14	3 of 10	5
1960s	54	9 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	60	9 of 10	7
1980s	23	4 of 10	6
1990s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rainer appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1952 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #332 in Norway in 1960.

Rainer'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#620	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#541	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#474	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#603	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#608	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#597	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#543	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#370	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#619	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#535	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#421	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#414	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#536	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#553	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#408	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#431	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#519	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#366	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#332	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#481	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#348	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#392	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1952 and 2022, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #332, first reached in 1960.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Norway in 1978.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Raisa · #408, 30y
Raissa · #1866, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Beverly · #331, 31y
Mellissa · #331, 31y
Aaran · #330, 30y
Siham · #330, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Ayse · #333, 64y
Kennet · #334, 36y
My · #329, 54y
Thanh · #329, 49y

Rainer was ranked #332 in Norway · Boys in 1960. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rainer 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 Rainer without appearing here.

Rainer moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1977 they stood at #619 and #484 in Norway · Boys; by 1978 that had become #370 and #446.
Jason Compare
In 1986 they stood at #603 and #443 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #474 and #495.

Moved ahead of Rainer

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #414 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #603 and #220.
Joakim Compare
In 1970 they stood at #414 and #492 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #603 and #292.
Alex Compare
In 1973 they stood at #421 and #533 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #573 and #270.
Adrian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #421 and #485 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #573 and #280.

Moved the opposite way to Rainer

Adam Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 while Adam went from #380 to #153.
Alexander Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 while Alexander went from #351 to #20.
Anders Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 while Anders went from #70 to #9.
Andreas Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 while Andreas went from #119 to #2.

Moved the same way as Rainer

Arild Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 and Arild from #27 to #228.
Arne Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 and Arne from #6 to #106.
Arthur Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 and Arthur from #187 to #420.
Ben Compare
Between 1952 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Rainer went from #392 to #620 and Ben from #294 to #583.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1952 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #332 in Norway in 1960. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rainer

Rainer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rainer across 2 official records

Rainer by decade in Norway · Boys

Rainer appears in

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Rainer across 2 official records

Rainer by decade in Norway · Boys

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