Rayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #667 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,721 for girls
Rayah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 667th for girls in the UK (62 babies) and 1,721st for girls in the US (118 babies).
What does Rayah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Raya
A spelling of Raya, a name found in Hebrew, Arabic and other cultures with different meanings.
Is Rayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 girls in the UK and 118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 667th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 4,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 110% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were named Rayah, making it the 667th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rayah of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Rayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 696 girls in the UK were given Rayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #84, up from #667 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 733rd in England and Wales, 359th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Rayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #667 |
| 2024 | 56 | #725 |
| 2023 | 48 | #813 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Rayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were named Rayah, making it the 1,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rayah of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Rayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,086 girls in the US were given Rayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #308, up from #1,721 for this spelling alone.
Rayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,721 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2023 | 82 | #2,258 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
Names like Rayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Safa, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Rahma, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Hiba, Sumayyah, Safaa, Abeeha
Other spellings of Rayah
Names related to Rayah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Rayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayah, updated 20 October 2026.