Raissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-EE-sa
Raissa is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Raissa mean?
Variant of Raisa
A variant of Raisa; the Russian-born French writer Raïssa Maritain was a noted bearer.
Is Raissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Raissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Raissa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Raissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Raissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Raissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Khadija, Aaliyah, Amira, Hiba, Rahma, Hafsa, Halima, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Rumaysa
Names related to Raissa
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, “Raissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raissa, updated 20 October 2026.