# Raisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raisa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,322 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,322 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 680, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 6,293 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,124 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,306 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,650 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,091 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,760 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,632 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,109 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,137 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,865 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,927 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,138 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,095 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,864 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,639 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 50 | 782 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 62 | 650 |
| 2019 | 56 | 694 |
| 2020 | 43 | 840 |
| 2021 | 39 | 901 |
| 2022 | 47 | 775 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

## People named Raisa

- Francia Raisa, American actress
- Raisa O'Farrill, Cuban volleyball player (1972–2023)
- Raïsa Schoon, Dutch beach volleyball player
- Raissa Gbedji, Beninese journalist, feminist and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.