Rhaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RY-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Rhaya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “friend, companion”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Rhaya mean?
Hebrew: variant of Raya; Arabic raya 'banner' is another possible source
“friend, companion”
Spelling of Raya, a name found in Hebrew, Arabic and Slavic languages, where it is a pet form of Raisa.
Is Rhaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rhaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rhaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Rhaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Rhaya, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Rhaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rhaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
Names like Rhaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Safa, Hafsa, Rahma, Zainab, Ayra, Ayah, Rehmat, Hiba, Abeeha, Hawa, Safaa
Names related to Rhaya
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, “Rhaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhaya, updated 20 October 2026.