Araya
Araya was the 1052nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 235 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 899th with 310 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 310 places. More babies were named Araya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,052 girls, up 205 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 235girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022310 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,198babies recorded
Araya popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 2015.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,052 | 235 |
| 2020 | #1,257 | 181 |
| 2010 | #1,945 | 103 |
| 2000 | #2,016 | 82 |
| 1990 | #6,902 | 12 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Araya, counting every spelling?
Araya is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #764 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,052 for Araya on its own. Together these spellings went to 359 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Araya | 235 | #1,052 | 1,273 |
| Arayah | 96 | #1,991 | 510 |
| Araia | 7 | #12,042 | 46 |
| Araiah | 9 | #10,188 | 39 |
| Arrayah | — | — | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Araya?
235 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Araya (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Araya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 36 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Araya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Araya?
About 4,200 people born in the US named Araya are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Araya a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Araya by state
How common Araya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oregon (2.1×), Oklahoma (1.7×), Washington (1.7×), Colorado (1.7×), North Carolina (1.6×). In 20 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Araya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Araya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Araya
How popular is the name Araya?
Araya was the 1052nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 235 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 899th with 310 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 310 places. More babies were named Araya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Araya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Araya in the US.
Where is Araya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Araya was most common in West Virginia (0.38 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oregon and Oklahoma.