Raya

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Raya is ranked 363rd among girls in 2024 (859 births). Its best rank was 353rd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #363down 10 from 2023
Births in 2024: 8590.05% of girls
Peak year: 2023865 births
Best rank: #353in 2023
Since 1958: 7,165people given the name

Babies named Raya, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

7,165 girls have been named Raya in the United States since 1958, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 865 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 48%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Raya
1950s	5
1960s	16
1970s	64
1980s	138
1990s	385
2000s	1,052
2010s	2,086
2020s	3,419

In 2023, its biggest year

Raya was the 353rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Raya

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Rayah1,325 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.