Raihana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ray-HAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Raihana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sweet basil”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Raihana mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rayhana
“sweet basil”
Rayhana bint Zayd was a member of the Prophet Muhammad's household.
Is Raihana a girl's or a boy's name?
Raihana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raihana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Raihana, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Raihana than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Raihana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Raihana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Raihana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Humaira, Habiba, Salma, Faiza, Nabiha, Safia, Sabiha, Rumaysa, Safa, Samira, Rahma, Fariha
Names related to Raihana
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raihana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raihana, updated 20 October 2026.