Raya is a girl's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 859 girls in the United States.
Raya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Saraya.
In the United States, Raya first appears in Social Security records in 1958. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #353 in 2023, and in 2024 859 babies received the name — 7,165 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Raya is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Raya is a girl name. In 2024, 859 babies received the name in the US.
Raya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Saraya.
Raya first appears in US records in 1958. Its best-ever ranking was #353 in 2023, and 859 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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