Ranya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAN-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Ranya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gazing, looking”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Ranya mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Rania
“gazing, looking”
A spelling of Rania, from an Arabic verb meaning to gaze steadily at something.
Is Ranya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ranya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ranya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Ranya, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 37 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ranya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Ranya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Ranya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Ranya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Ranya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ranya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
Names like Ranya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Arya, Navya, Aavya, Aadhya, Saanvi, Kavya, Aarya, Anya, Vanya, Radhya, Priya
Names related to Ranya
Rayna, Rania, Raina, Rana, Riana, Rayn, Renaya, Rayana, Raniyah, Raena, Raniya
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), 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, “Ranya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ranya, updated 20 October 2026.