Maraya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-RAY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Maraya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Maraya mean?
Modern: probably a blend of Mara and Maya, or a variant of Mariah
Spelled the same way, the Arabic word maraya means mirrors.
Is Maraya a girl's or a boy's name?
Maraya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maraya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 girls.
Maraya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Maraya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Maraya, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Maraya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maraya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Maraya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya, Amaya, Anaya, Raya, Safa, Aaliyah, Amira, Khadija, Alaya, Ayah, Inaya, Zainab
Names related to Maraya
Maria, Mary, Mara, Marwa, Mariya, Mayra, Mayar, Maariyah, Marah
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, “Maraya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maraya, updated 20 October 2026.