Raya

What Raya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Raya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,209 in 2015, #369 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Raya?

US: Rising: up from #1209 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #496 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 867 girls got the name (#353 that year). First in the US records in 1958.

How common

• About 1 in 1,934 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 463 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 426 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (3.1 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.93 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.58 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Raya is #369 in the US and #82 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.4% of US babies named Raya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Reya250 US · 111 E&W
• Riya137 US · 48 E&W
• Rayah118 US · 50 E&W
• Rya140 US · 15 E&W
• Raeya60 US · 56 E&W
• Raiya55 US · 44 E&W
• Ryah92 US · 5 E&W
• Roya76 US · 20 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Raya

Girls

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Lainey#30Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #576 in 2015, #30 in 2025
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*

For a brother

• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Raya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.