Fun Facts About the Name Raeanna
- More than 1 thousand babies named Raeanna: U.S. records list 1,718 babies given the name Raeanna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Raeanna Mean?
Raeanna is a modern English feminine name with no fixed traditional meaning. Its form is most transparently a combination of Rae and Anna, so its sense is usually understood through those two names rather than through a single ancient root. Rae is an English and Scottish name; as a woman's name it is often a short form of Rachel, from Hebrew Rachel, "ewe." It is also used as a feminine form of Ray, a short form of Raymond. Anna comes through Latin and Greek from Hebrew Hannah, "favor" or "grace." A compound name does not inherit one literal translation, so "ewe" and "grace" describe its components, not a settled meaning for Raeanna as a whole.
Raeanna Name History & Origins
Raeanna belongs to the modern English pattern of feminine names made from familiar shorter names. Rae developed separately as a Scottish surname and as an English given name; its feminine use is closely associated with Rachel, while Ray supplied a masculine counterpart. Anna was established in medieval England as a biblical and Christian name, and its ending became a common element in feminine formations.
The -anna ending also appears in older names such as Joanna and Susanna, giving English a familiar model for elaborated feminine forms. Raeanna follows that model by joining Rae to the -anna ending. Its use is chiefly in English-speaking countries, and its history is bound up with the separate histories of Rae and Anna rather than with an ancient legend or a single documented source.
How Popular is the Name Raeanna?
Raeanna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1999. Its best rank was #2,091 in 1999.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,692 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,388 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #7,959 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #11,029 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #13,172 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #7,488 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #7,264 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #6,728 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #7,031 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #7,895 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #6,664 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #5,948 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #6,423 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #4,937 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #4,133 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #4,281 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #3,607 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2008 | #3,255 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #3,085 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2006 | #2,598 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 2005 | #2,851 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2004 | #3,252 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2003 | #2,632 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2002 | #2,572 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2001 | #2,352 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2000 | #2,534 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 1999 | #2,091 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 1998 | #2,141 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 1997 | #2,096 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 1996 | #2,365 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1995 | #2,363 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1994 | #2,288 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 1993 | #3,751 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #2,908 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1991 | #3,515 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1990 | #3,132 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1989 | #2,912 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1988 | #2,917 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1987 | #3,708 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #3,523 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #3,947 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #3,494 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #4,632 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #3,989 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #4,674 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #3,807 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1979 | #8,718 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #4,202 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1977 | #6,209 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #5,919 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #7,735 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #9,795 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #7,217 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #7,265 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #4,812 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #5,185 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #4,932 | 5 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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