Araya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #801 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,052 for girls
Araya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 801st for girls in the UK (49 babies) and 1,052nd for girls in the US (235 babies).
Where does Araya come from?
Modern: modern name; also a Spanish surname of Basque origin
Is Araya a girl's or a boy's name?
Araya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the UK and 235 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Araya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 801st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were named Araya, making it the 801st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 50 girls.
Half of all the girls named Araya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the UK were given Araya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #531, up from #801 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales.
Araya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #801 |
| 2024 | 50 | #810 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Araya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,052nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 235 about 1 in 6,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 235 girls in the US were named Araya, making it the 1,052nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,256th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 310 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Araya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 361 girls in the US were given Araya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #753, up from #1,052 for this spelling alone.
Araya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 | #1,052 |
| 2024 | 230 | #1,077 |
| 2023 | 258 | #989 |
| 2022 | 310 | #899 |
| 2021 | 240 | #1,051 |
| 2020 | 181 | #1,256 |
| 2019 | 178 | #1,291 |
| 2018 | 189 | #1,233 |
| 2017 | 185 | #1,274 |
| 2016 | 171 | #1,371 |
| 2015 | 174 | #1,362 |
| 2014 | 151 | #1,479 |
| 2013 | 120 | #1,725 |
| 2012 | 123 | #1,698 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,722 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,810 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,913 |
| 2007 | 130 | #1,689 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,802 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,365 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Araya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Amaya, Raya, Inaya, Amira, Alaya, Aaliyah, Aisha, Avaya, Arya, Safa, Ayah
Other spellings of Araya
Names related to Araya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Araya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/araya, updated 20 October 2026.