Rayana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ray-AN-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Rayana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
Where does Rayana come from?
Modern: spelling of Rayanna; blend of Ray and Anna; also used as a form of Arabic Rayyana
Meaning borrowed from Rayanna.
Is Rayana a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 320% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Rayana, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Rayana of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Rayana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Rayana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Rayana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 107% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Rayana, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Rayana in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were given Rayana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,265, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
Rayana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,631 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Nicknames for Rayana
- Ray 69 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rayana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Khadija Anaya Aisha Aaliyah Amaya Hafsa Hiba Rahma Halima Hana
Other spellings of Rayana
Names related to Rayana
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Rayana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayana, updated 20 October 2026.