NameTides

Raya

Raya was the #369 girls' name in the US in 2025 (831 babies), and #82 in England & Wales and #177 in Canada.

Raya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Raya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Raya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#369 (831)#82 (547)#106 (42)#82 (26)#99 (48)#177 (164)
2024#364 (861)#82 (574)#117 (38)#70 (28)#213 (20)#151 (184)
2023#353 (867)#100 (486)#109 (40)#95 (22)#296 (13)#154 (168)
2022#400 (784)#121 (423)#200 (21)#147 (14)#222 (20)#183 (153)
2021#495 (636)#203 (251)#205 (20)#298 (5)#299 (14)#240 (131)
2020#932 (277)#393 (110)#341 (10)#192 (9)#700 (4)#432 (69)
2019#1,061 (239)#430 (98)#447 (7)#263 (6)#716 (4)#548 (57)
2018#1,130 (216)#519 (82)#680 (4)#313 (5)—#415 (78)
2017#1,036 (249)#453 (97)#570 (5)——#529 (60)
2016#1,088 (237)#454 (96)#585 (5)#440 (3)#661 (5)#470 (70)
2015#1,209 (206)#496 (87)—#426 (3)#660 (5)#408 (84)
2014#1,235 (197)#521 (81)—#365 (4)#876 (3)#424 (77)
2013#1,203 (199)#575 (71)#663 (4)——#429 (75)
2012#1,288 (185)#701 (59)#665 (4)——#441 (72)
2011#1,250 (191)#744 (51)———#502 (62)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #353.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1958.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 460common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 430common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 280common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 440common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 910common

Next year

On its recent trend, Raya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Raya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #231WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #345INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #321PANew Jersey: #348NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #300CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #536CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #298VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #344AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #483TXFlorida: #383FL
Raya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#13780
Quebec2025#36214

Raya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RayaCanadaGirls#177164
RayaEngland & WalesGirls#82547
RayaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
RayaIrelandGirls#9948
RayaNorthern IrelandGirls#8226
RayaScotlandGirls#10642
RayaUSGirls#369831
RayaUSBoys#12,0085