Raeya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #681 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Raeya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 681st for girls in the UK (59 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
Where does Raeya come from?
Modern: modern spelling, perhaps of Raya
Is Raeya a girl's or a boy's name?
Raeya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raeya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #681among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were named Raeya, making it the 681st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th.
2025 had the most girls named Raeya of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Raeya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 209 girls in the UK were given Raeya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #681 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 667th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Raeya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #681 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 58 | #681 |
| 2022 | 43 | #878 |
| 2021 | 57 | #720 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 33 | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Raeya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,822among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Raeya, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Raeya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Raeya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 393 girls in the US were given Raeya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #711, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
Raeya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Raeya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Raya Rahma Ayra Hafsa Rehmat Ayah Zainab Hiba Safaa Raha Irha
Other spellings of Raeya
Names related to Raeya
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, “Raeya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raeya, updated 20 October 2026.