Fun Facts About the Name Rinnah
- 151 babies named Rinnah: U.S. records list 151 babies given the name Rinnah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Rinnah Mean?
Rinnah comes from the Hebrew noun rinnah (רִנָּה), which means "a ringing cry" - most often a shout of joy, a cry of gladness, or a joyful song. The noun is built on the root r-n-n, "to shout, to sing out, to cry aloud." In the Bible the word describes the kind of cry that rings out in worship or celebration, as in Psalm 126:5, "Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy," and Psalm 118:15, "the voice of rejoicing (qol rinnah) and salvation is in the tents of the righteous." The same word also covers a loud cry that is not happy at all: in 1 Kings 22:36 a rinnah is the shout that sweeps through the army when King Ahab dies. Its core sense, then, is a raised, ringing voice rather than good feeling in general. A closely related noun form, renanah, appears in Job 3:7.
Because the source is an everyday Hebrew noun, English Bibles translate it in several ways when it stands as a name - "shout of joy," "rejoicing," "singing," "song." The literal sense is a ringing cry of joy. The shorter Hebrew name Rina (רִינָה) is formed from the same root and is much more common today; Rinnah keeps the longer biblical spelling and vowel marks.
Rinnah Name History & Origins
The Hebrew word rinnah is at home in biblical poetry and prophecy, where it means the sound of a crowd shouting or singing. Besides the joyful uses in the Psalms, Proverbs 11:10 applies it to the shouting that breaks out when the wicked perish, and 1 Kings 22:36 uses it for the cry that passes through Israel's camp at Ramoth-gilead when Ahab is killed. From this vocabulary of jubilant song the root passed into later Hebrew liturgical writing, where it appears in hymns and prayers of praise.
As a personal name, Rinnah appears once in the Hebrew Bible. 1 Chronicles 4:20 lists "Rinnah son of Shimon" in the genealogy of Judah, alongside his brothers Amnon and Tilon. The Bible says nothing else about him, and no chain of later bearers can be traced from that list. Today the name is given mainly to girls, among Hebrew speakers in Israel and Jewish families elsewhere, and it is understood as a name of joy and song; Rina is the more familiar short form. Its use rests on the Hebrew word rather than on the obscure figure in Chronicles.
How Popular is the Name Rinnah?
Rinnah 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 2013. Its best rank was #9,043 in 2018.
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 | #14,571 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #17,099 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #14,761 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #11,203 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #9,043 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #12,503 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #9,963 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #11,652 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #16,127 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #9,498 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #13,208 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #11,017 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #11,080 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #13,432 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #13,565 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #17,167 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #14,806 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #18,577 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #16,031 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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