Raniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rah-NEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Raniyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gazing, looking intently”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Raniyah mean?
Arabic: variant of Rania
“gazing, looking intently”
Is Raniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Raniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raniyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Raniyah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Raniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Raniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Raniya 8
- Raniyah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Raniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Raniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,895th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Raniyah, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,241st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Raniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were given Raniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,828, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.
- Raniyah 58
- Raniya 32
Raniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 80 | #2,241 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,207 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,863 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,929 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,778 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,576 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,690 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,531 |
| 2010 | 144 | #1,546 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,717 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,752 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,229 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Raniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Ayah, Sumayyah, Zainab, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Aasiyah, Rahma, Aafiyah, Amira
Other spellings of Raniyah
Names related to Raniyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Raniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raniyah, updated 20 October 2026.