Raya
Rank in 2025
#369
recorded as girls
Down 5 since 2024
#12008
recorded as boys
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
Babies in 2025
836
girls 831 · boys 5
Peak year
2023
867 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
8,008
since 1958
Born a Raya? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Raya was most popular in 2023, when 867 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.54 per 1,000). In 2025, 831 babies were named Raya, ranking #369 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 259%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 831 | 369 | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | 861 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 867 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 784 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 636 | 495 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 277 | 932 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 239 | 1061 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 216 | 1130 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 249 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 237 | 1088 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 206 | 1209 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 197 | 1235 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 199 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 185 | 1288 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 191 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 168 | 1379 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 158 | 1469 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 154 | 1508 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 126 | 1726 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 125 | 1682 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 108 | 1803 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 98 | 1909 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 105 | 1786 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 61 | 2554 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 58 | 2600 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 59 | 2545 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 54 | 2610 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 45 | 2889 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 42 | 2874 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 25 | 4184 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 32 | 3422 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 33 | 3372 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 49 | 2533 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 40 | 2920 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 31 | 3443 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 34 | 3227 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 28 | 3566 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 27 | 3483 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 11 | 6156 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | 5678 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 8153 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | 5824 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 8 | 7469 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | 4626 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 6340 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 6900 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 7 | 6666 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 12 | 4523 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | 6009 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | <5 | — |
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Where Raya is most popular
- Minnesota1.6×
- Wisconsin1.6×
- Washington1.5×
- Oregon1.4×
- Massachusetts1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years