Raia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RYE-uh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Raia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
Where does Raia come from?
Variant of Raya, which has several sources, including Russian Raya and Hebrew raya 'friend'
Is Raia a girl's or a boy's name?
Raia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Raia, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Raia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Raia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 164% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Raia, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Raia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Raia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Zainab Rahma Ayra Ayah Raya Hiba Aaliyah Ayla Aiza Safaa
Names related to Raia
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, “Raia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raia, updated 20 October 2026.