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Raina

“Hindi/Kashmiri for night; or Germanic for strong counsel” — Hindi/Kashmiri (India), or Germanic — two documented paths origin

Girl's name · #916 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Raina reached #737 in 2011 and has eased to #916 since. About 12,000 girls have carried it since 1946. Together with its spelling variant Rayna (#796), Raina would rank around #482 with about 630 births last year — the newborns split about 54/46 between Rayna and Raina.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,500 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 3,000 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,000 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Rainas

• Raina Kabaivanska — Bulgarian opera singer
• Raina — South Korean singer
• Raina Telgemeier — American cartoonist, illustrator and writer
• Raina Fehl — Austrian-American art historian (1920-2009)
• Raina Rose — American singer-songwriter

In stories & tradition

• Raina — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

What Rainas become

Among 40 notable people named Raina:

Entertainers appear 1.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Raina Kabaivanska, Bulgarian opera singer.

Similar names: Rayna · Kimber · Rayne · Laina · Jersey · Shayna

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