first name
RAYA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,367 people named Raya, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Black and 8.5% as two or more races. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Raya peaked in 2023, when 867 babies got the name.
At least 8,008 babies have been given the name since 1958. 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.
Raya by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #889. The largest share of babies named Raya, 72.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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.
Where Raya is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raya has been most common in Washington (1.9×), Florida (1.7×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Arkansas (0.44×).
6,239 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Raya
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raya, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Raya ranks #4,837 of 156,621, with 7,074 people. See Raya as a last name
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