Rahi
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- RAH-hee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Rahi is a name of Persian origin, meaning “traveller; wayfarer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Rahi mean?
Persian: Persian and Hindi rahi, from rah 'road'
“traveller; wayfarer”
Is Rahi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rahi has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 28 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Rahi 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 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Rahi, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Rahi of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Rahi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Raahi 8
- Rahi 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Rahi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Rahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 225% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Rahi, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 10 boys were also named Rahi in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rahi of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Rahi in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Rahi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
- Raahi 29
- Rahi 28
Rahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Rahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Raya, Rahma, Hafsa, Rehmat, Hiba, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Aaliyah, Ayra
Other spellings of Rahi
Names related to Rahi
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Rahi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rahi, updated 20 October 2026.