girls:
6.3k births since 1958
#2089 (63rd percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1958
#3421 (56th percentile)
The name Raya is the #3,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,298 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 55.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,089 (63.5% percentile) for all time with 6,298 births since 1958.
Raya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (first recorded for girls in 1958). Birth data for Raya is available in 55 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Raya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 65.2% percentile (ranked #330) with 493 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 493 births per million (ranked 65.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1996, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Raya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #330 (65.2% percentile) with 493 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Raya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Raya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 49.0% confident that Raya is pronounced as RAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAI-uh, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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