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Girl's name · #369 in the US (2025) · Trending
Raya ranked #369 in 2025, with about 830 girls given the name last year. Roughly 8,000 have carried it since 1958.
Already rising, US births of Raya more than doubled from 277 in 2020 to 636 in 2021, when Disney released Raya and the Last Dragon, featuring its warrior heroine Raya.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#82 in England & Wales (2025) · #82 in N. Ireland (2025) · #99 in Ireland (2025) · #106 in Scotland (2025) · #177 in Canada (2025) · #218 in New Zealand (2025) · #340 in Austria (2025) · #349 in Switzerland (2025) · #477 in Netherlands (2025) · #550 in Belgium (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #892 in Poland (2025) and 2 more.
Among 51 notable people named Raya:
Entertainers appear 1.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Raya Garbousova, Russian-born American cellist and teacher (1909–1997).
Similar names: Raeya · Nalani · Rain · Maia · Briar · Zaya
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