Raniya
Girl · rah-NEE-yah · Arabic
Raniya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gazing, looking intently”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Raniya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Raniyah, itself a variant of Rania
“gazing, looking intently”
- Say it
- rah-NEE-yah
Meaning borrowed from Raniyah.
Is Raniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Raniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Raniya, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Raniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Raniya 8
- Raniyah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Raniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Raniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Raniya, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Raniya than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Raniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were given Raniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,828, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
- Raniyah 58
- Raniya 32
Raniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,073 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,830 |
| 2008 | 119 | #1,816 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,929 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
Names like Raniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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