Raza
Boy · Persian
Raza is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Raza mean?
Persian
A male given name from Dari [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic] or from Urdu [in turn from Classical Persian, in turn from Arabic], variant of Riza.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Raza a girl's or a boy's name?
Raza is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Raza, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Raza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Raza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Raza, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Raza in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raza in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
Names like Raza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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