Arayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,990 for girls
Arayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 1,990th for girls in the US (96 babies).
Where does Arayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Araya
Is Arayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Arayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 96 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Arayah, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the UK were given Arayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #531, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Arayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Arayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 96 girls in the US were named Arayah, making it the 1,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Arayah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Arayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 361 girls in the US were given Arayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #753, up from #1,990 for this spelling alone.
Arayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,990 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,955 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,942 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,885 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,084 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,908 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Arayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Aaliyah Nusaybah Safa Abeeha Ruqayyah Sumayyah Zainab Aaminah Aafiyah Amira Aasiyah
Other spellings of Arayah
Names related to Arayah
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, “Arayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arayah, updated 20 October 2026.