Raea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Raea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Raea come from?
Modern: modern spelling of Rae or Raya
Is Raea a girl's or a boy's name?
Raea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Raea, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 209 girls in the UK were given Raea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Raea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
How popular is Raea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Raea, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Raea than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Raea in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 393 girls in the US were given Raea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #711, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Raea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Raea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Orla, Eira, Nova, Maeva, Rowan, Eden, Ayra, Reeva, Isla, Aoife, Indie
Other spellings of Raea
Names related to Raea
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Raea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raea, updated 20 October 2026.