Raeyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Raeyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Raeyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Raeya; modern spelling, perhaps of Raya
Meaning borrowed from Raeya.
Is Raeyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Raeyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raeyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 140% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Raeyah, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Raeyah of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
In 2025, 209 girls in the UK were given Raeyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Raeyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
How popular is Raeyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Raeyah, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Raeyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 393 girls in the US were given Raeyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #711, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Raeyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
Names like Raeyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Safa, Rehmat, Nusaybah, Rahma, Ruqayyah, Hiba, Hafsa, Zainab, Raya, Ayzal, Rabab
Other spellings of Raeyah
Names related to Raeyah
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, “Raeyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raeyah, updated 20 October 2026.