Raya Girl
How popular is Raya?
#369 girl name in 2025
831 baby girls were named Raya in the US in 2025, making it the 369th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Raya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #369 for girls (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 831 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+303% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,209 in 2015, #932 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (867 girls) |
| Highest rank | #353 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raya family of names ranked #332 for girls in 2025 (#326 the year before), with 982 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raya | 831 | 85% |
| Rayah | 118 | 12% |
| Raia | 33 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Raya is most popular
Babies named Raya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.8 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Idaho: 0.9 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.9 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Washington: 0.8 per 1,000 (118 girls)
Raya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1960s | 16 | #6,008 |
| 1970s | 64 | #4,522 |
| 1980s | 138 | #3,478 |
| 1990s | 385 | #2,528 |
| 2000s | 1,052 | #1,469 |
| 2010s | 2,087 | #1,036 |
| 2020s | 4,256 | #353 |
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Questions
- Is Raya a boy or girl name?
- Raya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Raya were girls.
- How popular is the name Raya?
- 831 baby girls were named Raya in the US in 2025, making it the 369th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Raya most popular?
- Raya peaked in 2023, when 867 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #353 in 2023.
- How many people are named Raya?
- 8,008 babies have been named Raya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,963 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Raya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raya was most common in Hawaii, at 1.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.