Raya

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Raya is a given name with multiple, unrelated origins in different cultures. It is a Bulgarian diminutive of Rayna, meaning happy or a Russian diminutive of Raisa, meaning rose. It might also be related to the Latin name Regina meaning queen.

From Wikipedia

Raya first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 183 babies (rank #150 that year). In 2024 it was given to 183 girls (rank #150). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Raya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Raya yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,762
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
183
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19917#2,076
19935#2,724
19945#2,543
19956#2,505
19967#2,203
19987#2,214
19998#1,957
200012#1,416
200118#1,088
200219#1,032
200326#859
200429#794
200539#650
200629#853
200738#704
200850#587
200961#506
201061#494
201163#498
201269#450
201375#428
201477#427
201583#408
201671#463
201763#509
201877#416
201958#537
202069#435
2021131#239
2022149#188
2023167#153
2024183#150