Raahi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAH-hee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Raahi is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “traveller; wayfarer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Raahi mean?
Persian: spelling of Rahi; Persian and Hindi rahi, from rah 'road'
“traveller; wayfarer”
Meaning borrowed from Rahi.
Is Raahi a girl's or a boy's name?
Raahi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 29 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Raahi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Raahi, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Raahi of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Raahi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Raahi 8
- Rahi 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Raahi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Raahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 156% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Raahi, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 2010. 8 boys were also named Raahi in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Raahi of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Raahi in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Raahi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
- Raahi 29
- Rahi 28
Raahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
Names like Raahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Rehmat Safa Ayat Saanvi Ayah Ayra Rahma Irha Nusaybah Hafsa Zainab
Other spellings of Raahi
Names related to Raahi
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Raahi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raahi, updated 20 October 2026.