How Many People Are Named Raya?
people named Raya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,002 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,008 babies named Raya in Social Security records from 1958 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
867 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of RAYNA (1) or RAISA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Raya (99.9%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Raya alive today is about 9 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 14 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Raya first appears in the records in 1958 and was given most often in 2023, to 867 babies. In 2025, 836 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1958 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Raya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #353, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #369.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #369 |
| Best rank | #353 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #441 in the 2020s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Raya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Raya were born in California than in any other state: about 1,014 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Raya was given 1.8 times as often in Minnesota, 1.6 times in Wisconsin and 1.4 times in Ohio.
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