Rayya
Girl · RAY-ya · Arabic
Rayya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, quenched”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Rayya mean?
Arabic: feminine counterpart of Rayyan
“well-watered, quenched”
Linked to Rayyan, the name of the gate of Paradise kept for those who fast.
- Say it
- RAY-ya
Is Rayya a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Rayya, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rayya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Rayya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Rayya 7
- Reiya 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Rayya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Rayya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Rayya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rayya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Rayya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rayya
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