MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raina mean?
Raina is the poetic Hindi word rainā, night. It is familiar from songs and verse, where the passage of the night marks longing, rest or a new dawn.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रैना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raina in Indian usage
4,095 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रैना.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,841 records (93.8%).
- Recorded as male: 254 records (6.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 221 |
| 1960s | 401 |
| 1970s | 769 |
| 1980s | 1,237 |
| 1990s | 1,361 |
| Other decades | 106 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,532 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,259 |
| Rajasthan | 515 |
| Bihar | 388 |
| Other states | 401 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Raina / F | 26 | 1,229 |
| Scotland | Raina / F | 3 | 780 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Raina; Table_6, C1270 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Raina; Table_6, C1270
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Raina; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Raina; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl