Raiya
Raiya was the 3017th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2374th with 77 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,937 places. More babies were named Raiya in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,017 girls, up 879 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202377 babies
- Total since 1880
- 718babies recorded
Raiya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,017 | 55 |
| 2020 | #3,896 | 37 |
| 2010 | #13,193 | 8 |
| 2000 | #14,584 | 6 |
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How popular is Raiya, counting every spelling?
Raiya is a spelling of Raeya, a name family that ranked #1,379 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,017 for Raiya on its own. Together these spellings went to 143 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raeya | 60 | #2,854 | 348 |
| Raiya | 55 | #3,017 | 316 |
| Raiyah | 9 | #10,726 | 55 |
| Raeyah | 10 | #9,949 | 51 |
| Reiya | 9 | #10,736 | 51 |
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 Raiya?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Raiya (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Raiya 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 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Raiya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Raiya?
About 700 people born in the US named Raiya are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 13. That makes Raiya 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.
Raiya by state
How common Raiya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 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
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Questions about the name Raiya
How popular is the name Raiya?
Raiya was the 3017th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2374th with 77 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,937 places. More babies were named Raiya in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Raiya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Raiya in the US.
Where is Raiya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Raiya was most common in Virginia (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and California.