Raeesa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rah-EE-sah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Raeesa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “leader, chief”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Raeesa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Raeesah; feminine of raees (rais), 'chief, leader'
“leader, chief”
Feminine form of Arabic raees, 'chief'; in Urdu the word also means a wealthy or noble person.
Meaning borrowed from Raeesah.
Is Raeesa a girl's or a boy's name?
Raeesa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raeesa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Raeesa, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raeesa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Raeesa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
Names like Raeesa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba, Faiza, Saba, Safia, Sabiha, Fariha, Salma, Aysha, Nafisa, Fatma, Humaira, Waziha
Names related to Raeesa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raeesa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raeesa, updated 20 October 2026.