Raya
#1,864 most common girls' name of all time · #3,195 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1958–2025
Rank among girls
#1,864
Rank overall
#3,195 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
8,008
Since 2016
5,202
Peak year
2023 #353
Best rank
#353 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 867/yr
Raya first appears in 1958. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 831 | 5 | 836 | #369 |
| 2024 | 861 | — | 861 | #365 |
| 2023 | 867 | — | 867 | #353 |
| 2022 | 784 | — | 784 | #400 |
| 2021 | 636 | — | 636 | #495 |
| 2020 | 277 | — | 277 | #935 |
| 2019 | 239 | — | 239 | #1,062 |
| 2018 | 216 | — | 216 | #1,132 |
| 2017 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,038 |
| 2016 | 237 | — | 237 | #1,089 |
| 2015 | 206 | — | 206 | #1,211 |
| 2014 | 197 | — | 197 | #1,237 |
| 2013 | 199 | — | 199 | #1,204 |
| 2012 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,290 |
| 2011 | 191 | — | 191 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,381 |
| 2009 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,471 |
| 2008 | 154 | — | 154 | #1,512 |
| 2007 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,731 |
| 2006 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,685 |
| 2005 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,806 |
| 2004 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,916 |
| 2003 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,792 |
| 2002 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,569 |
| 2001 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,617 |
| 2000 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,556 |
| 1999 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,621 |
| 1998 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,910 |
| 1997 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,905 |
| 1996 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,231 |
| 1995 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,450 |
| 1994 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,411 |
| 1993 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,552 |
| 1992 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,941 |
| 1991 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1990 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1989 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,618 |
| 1988 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,531 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,089 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,351 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,840 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,493 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,994 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,752 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,088 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,390 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,738 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,307 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,585 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,237 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,260 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,057 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,706 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,106 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,436 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,582 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,985 |