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Rainey

Rainey is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Rainey are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 22%Female 78%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
22% male / 78% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
438 male / 1,591 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Rainey

To address Rainey when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Rainey," in English, "Guten Tag Rainey," in German. About 22% of people named Rainey are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Rainey,

German

Guten Tag Rainey,

French

Bonjour Rainey,

Spanish

Estimado/a Rainey:

Chinese

Rainey您好：

Japanese

Rainey様

English

Hi Rainey,

German

Hi Rainey,

French

Salut Rainey,

Spanish

Hola Rainey,

Chinese

Rainey你好：

Japanese

Raineyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Rainey by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name22%

United States birth data

438 male · 1,591 female · 2,029 births recorded

Male 22%Female 78%

Since 1980: 6% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Rainey a male or female name?

Rainey is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Rainey are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Rainey in an email?

To address Rainey when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Rainey," in English, "Guten Tag Rainey," in German. About 22% of people named Rainey are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Rainey a unisex name?

Rainey is not a unisex name: 22% of people named Rainey are men. Rainey leans strongly female overall.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Rainey a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/rainey (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_rainey,
  title  = {Is Rainey a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/rainey},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}