girls:
1.1k births since 1981
#4617 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1981
#6640 (14th percentile)
The name Rayana is the #6,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,099 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 14.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,617 (19.2% percentile) for all time with 1,099 births since 1981.
Rayana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (first recorded for girls in 1981). Birth data for Rayana is available in 37 out of the 43 years between 1981 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, Rayana reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #846) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rayana ranks #916 for girls (3.3% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 71.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rayana".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Rayana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Rayana is pronounced as ray-AH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-uh-nuh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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