Ranier
Ranier rə-NEER) is a city in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 569 at the 2020 census.
Meaning & Origin of Ranier
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ranier rə-NEER) is a city in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 569 at the 2020 census.
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The Story of Ranier
The earliest SSA record of Ranier as a baby boy name dates back to 1970, when 6 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Ranier — #3,809 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Ranier on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Ranier last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 199 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Ranier
Ranier is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 199 births in the dataset. Ranier's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #3,809. Use the chart and map above to compare Ranier's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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