Raha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAH-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,942 for girls
Raha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rest, comfort, ease”. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 1,942nd for girls in the US (99 babies).
What does Raha mean?
Arabic: also Persian raha, free
“rest, comfort, ease”
From the Arabic raha, 'rest' or 'ease', which also passed into Swahili as raha, 'happiness'.
Is Raha a girl's or a boy's name?
Raha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 99 girls in the US.
How popular is Raha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Raha, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. 3 boys were also named Raha in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Raha of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Raha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were given Raha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #641, up from #741 for this spelling alone.
- Raha 54
- Raaha 5
In 2025, 95% of the babies named Raha in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales.
Raha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 40 | #947 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
How popular is Raha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,942among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 99about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 99 girls in the US were named Raha, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Raha of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Raha in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were given Raha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,589, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.
- Raha 99
- Raaha 11
Raha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Raha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Hafsa Hiba Abeeha Rumaysa Zainab Safaa Huda Ruqayyah Nusaybah Ayah
Other spellings of Raha
Raaha
Names related to Raha
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), 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, “Raha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raha, updated 20 October 2026.