Raiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RYE-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #865 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Raiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “banner, flag”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Raiya mean?
Arabic: usually a spelling of Raya
“banner, flag”
A spelling of Raya, which can come from Arabic raya, a banner, or from Hebrew ra'yah, a friend or companion.
Is Raiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Raiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #865among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 221% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Raiya, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 49 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were given Raiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #609, up from #865 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 816th in England and Wales.
Raiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #865 |
| 2024 | 45 | #873 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Raiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,998among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Raiya, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer girls named Raiya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Raiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 204 girls in the US were given Raiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,046, up from #2,998 for this spelling alone.
Raiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Raiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Hafsa Zainab Hiba Safaa Ayah Ruqayyah Abeeha Nusaybah Rumaysa Aaliyah
Other spellings of Raiya
Names related to Raiya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Raiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raiya, updated 20 October 2026.