Raisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-EE-sa
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Raisa is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Raisa mean?
Slavic: Russian name of uncertain origin; also used in Muslim families
Raisa Gorbacheva, wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, was a well-known bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Raisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Raisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,051st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Raisa, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 62 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Raisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 44 | #877 |
| 2019 | 57 | #738 |
| 2018 | 62 | #706 |
| 2017 | 50 | #839 |
| 2016 | 52 | #816 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Raisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Raisa, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had more girls named Raisa than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Raisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,948 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,868 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,453 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Raisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Khadija, Rahma, Hiba, Aaliyah, Amira, Hafsa, Zainab, Halima, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Rumaysa
Names related to Raisa
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Raisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raisa, updated 20 October 2026.