How rare is the name Soraya?

7,619 people in the United States have the first name Soraya, about 1 in 39,642. It ranks #2,956 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SORAYA

#2,956

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,619
About
1 in 39,642
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,619 people named Soraya, 47% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 25.9% as White and 14.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Soraya peaked in 2025, when 313 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
313
In 2025*
313
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,811 babies have been given the name since 1955. 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.

Soraya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,900. The largest share of babies named Soraya, 42.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#7,45961
1960s#3,330326
1970s#3,973313
1980s#3,839422
1990s#3,653629
2000s#2,4081,580
2010s#2,2371,963
2020s#1,9001,517
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–807.8%
Millennials 1981–9611.5%
Generation Z 1997–1235.4%
2013 and later42.1%

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 Soraya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Soraya has been most common in Florida (3.2×), California (2.7×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.38×).

4,584 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.

Exactly as common as Soraya

1 other first name also has 7,619 people.

#2,956 Sutton · 7,619

Either side of Soraya

#2,954 Jaida · 7,624#2,955 Neva · 7,621#2,956 Sutton · 7,619#2,958 Val · 7,617

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,505 Soriya · 416#32,261 Soraia · 262#44,078 Sorya · 158#49,660 Souraya · 124#53,270 Soroya · 101

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