Fun Facts About the Name Raynor
- 559 babies named Raynor: U.S. records list 559 babies given the name Raynor from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Raynor Mean?
Raynor is an English given name and surname, a variant spelling of Rayner. It comes from the medieval personal name Rayner, also spelled Reiner, which derives from the ancient Germanic compound reconstructed as Raginaharjaz. That compound joins ragin (counsel, advice) and harjaz (army). The literal sense is "counsel-army" or "army counsel," usually rendered as "counselor of the army." Popular name books sometimes paraphrase the meaning as "mighty army," but the older Germanic elements mean counsel and army, not might. Raynor is not the same name as Reynard, which comes from a different compound, nor as Raymond, which uses ragin with mund (protection).
Raynor Name History & Origins
The Germanic compound behind Raynor had several regional forms. In Old Norse it became Ragnarr. In the Frankish and Norman speech that produced Old French, it became Rainer or Reiner. When the Normans brought the personal name to England after 1066, it entered English records as Reiner, Rayner, and eventually Raynor. Norse settlers in northern and eastern England used the related Old Norse form Ragnarr, and that may also have contributed to the same English surname stock. By the later Middle Ages the name was established as an English hereditary surname, particularly in northern England. Raynor as a given name is a transferred use of that surname.
How Popular is the Name Raynor?
Raynor 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 2019. Its best rank was #1,700 in 1911.
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 | #7,563 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,381 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #7,193 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #7,149 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #8,028 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #4,820 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #4,308 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #4,706 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #4,431 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #5,271 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #5,680 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #9,423 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #11,837 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #14,030 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #10,406 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #8,144 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #10,938 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,644 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #6,034 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #9,296 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #7,691 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #4,109 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #5,958 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #6,547 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #2,574 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #4,474 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #6,837 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #6,637 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,709 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,146 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #3,593 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #4,482 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1952 | #3,659 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #2,828 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #3,910 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #2,362 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #3,363 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,473 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #2,895 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #3,422 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #2,635 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1939 | #2,773 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #3,107 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1937 | #2,306 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1936 | #2,269 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1935 | #4,041 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #2,707 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1933 | #3,558 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #3,304 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,043 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #4,441 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #2,725 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1928 | #3,305 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #2,867 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1926 | #4,696 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,339 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #4,829 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1920 | #3,750 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #2,904 | 9 | 0.0010% |
| 1916 | #4,380 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1915 | #4,280 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1914 | #3,648 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| 1911 | #1,700 | 6 | 0.0027% |
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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