NameTides

Soraya

Soraya was the #862 girls' name in the US in 2025 (313 babies), and #526 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Soraya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Soraya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Soraya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#862 (313)#526 (76)——#916 (30)
2024#908 (292)#696 (54)——#875 (32)
2023#1,148 (212)#608 (62)——#773 (36)
2022#1,052 (242)#647 (58)——#819 (33)
2021#987 (262)#654 (59)—#586 (6)#859 (33)
2020#1,183 (196)#643 (58)——#996 (26)
2019#1,125 (215)#570 (71)—#716 (4)#787 (36)
2018#1,243 (187)#720 (55)#809 (3)—#714 (40)
2017#1,317 (177)#661 (63)—#873 (3)#720 (40)
2016#1,236 (197)#790 (49)#798 (3)—#794 (35)
2015#1,227 (201)#722 (55)——#743 (38)
2014#1,314 (180)#699 (56)#802 (3)—#870 (31)
2013#1,242 (192)#608 (67)#663 (4)#660 (5)#1,133 (22)
2012#1,227 (198)#580 (73)——#839 (32)
2011#1,120 (219)#692 (56)——#850 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #862.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Soraya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Soraya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #674FL
Soraya (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
Quebec2025#5917
Ontario2024#86713

Soraya (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
SorayaCanadaGirls#91630
SorayaEngland & WalesGirls#52676
SorayaIrelandGirls—too few
SorayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SorayaScotlandGirls—too few
SorayaUSGirls#862313