# Raya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raya/  
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 | 8,008 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 8,003 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,405, 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 | 191 | 1,255 |
| 2012 | 185 | 1,290 |
| 2013 | 199 | 1,205 |
| 2014 | 197 | 1,237 |
| 2015 | 206 | 1,211 |
| 2016 | 237 | 1,092 |
| 2017 | 249 | 1,038 |
| 2018 | 216 | 1,134 |
| 2019 | 239 | 1,062 |
| 2020 | 277 | 933 |
| 2021 | 636 | 495 |
| 2022 | 784 | 400 |
| 2023 | 867 | 353 |
| 2024 | 861 | 365 |
| 2025 | 831 | 369 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 13,444 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 744 |
| 2012 | 59 | 701 |
| 2013 | 71 | 575 |
| 2014 | 81 | 521 |
| 2015 | 87 | 496 |
| 2016 | 96 | 454 |
| 2017 | 97 | 453 |
| 2018 | 82 | 519 |
| 2019 | 98 | 430 |
| 2020 | 110 | 393 |
| 2021 | 251 | 203 |
| 2022 | 423 | 121 |
| 2023 | 486 | 100 |
| 2024 | 574 | 82 |
| 2025 | 547 | 82 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Raya

- Raya Dunayevskaya, American philosopher (1910-1987)

## 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.