Rain is a girl's name of English origin meaning “counsel.” In 2024 it was given to 161 girls in the United States.
Rain belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “counsel” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rain first appears in Social Security records in 1956. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1219 in 2023, and in 2024 161 babies received the name — 3,432 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rain means “counsel” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rain is a girl name. In 2024, 161 babies received the name in the US.
Rain comes from the English & American tradition.
Rain first appears in US records in 1956. Its best-ever ranking was #1219 in 2023, and 161 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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