How rare is the name Raisa?

5,712 people in the United States have the first name Raisa, about 1 in 52,877. It ranks #3,587 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAISA

#3,587

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,712
About
1 in 52,877
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,712 people named Raisa, 63.4% reported their origin as White, 21.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raisa peaked in 1988, when 94 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
94
In 2025*
30 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,322 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Raisa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #5,203. The largest share of babies named Raisa, 39.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#14,95510
1970s#13,33239
1980s#5,500250
1990s#5,203374
2000s#8,184269
2010s#9,764226
2020s#8,768154
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–803.9%
Millennials 1981–9639.3%
Generation Z 1997–1232.7%
2013 and later23.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raisa, most common first.

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