Raisah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-EE-sah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Raisah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “leader, chief”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Raisah mean?
Arabic: feminine of rais
“leader, chief”
Feminine of Arabic rais, 'head, leader'; Raisa is also an unrelated Russian name.
Is Raisah a girl's or a boy's name?
Raisah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raisah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Raisah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Raisah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
Names like Raisah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah, Rufaidah, Azeemah, Hibah, Umamah, Farah, Umaymah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Ammarah, Samah, Musfirah
Names related to Raisah
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, “Raisah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raisah, updated 20 October 2026.