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How popular is the name Rayah?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rayahs are alive today.

Rayah (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 733rd in 2025 with 50 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Rayah you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Rayahs born in England and Wales are between 3 and 13, and there are at least 460 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rayah - on average, only one in every 685 such rooms contains a Rayah.

How many babies are named Rayah each year?

02040200020201998: 32002: 42004: 42007: 82008: 82009: 112010: 72011: 112012: 172013: 152014: 92015: 172016: 262017: 172018: 262019: 272020: 242021: 322022: 292023: 422024: 482025: 50actual

Where does Rayah rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201998: ranked 3,8482002: ranked 3,4092004: ranked 3,7252007: ranked 2,6272008: ranked 2,7212009: ranked 2,1482010: ranked 3,1562011: ranked 2,2752012: ranked 1,7202013: ranked 1,8642014: ranked 2,6592015: ranked 1,7112016: ranked 1,2782017: ranked 1,7332018: ranked 1,2722019: ranked 1,2182020: ranked 1,3132021: ranked 1,0692022: ranked 1,1422023: ranked 8512024: ranked 7762025: ranked 733

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rayah per year in England and Wales, 1998 to 2025, peaking at about 50 in 2025
Rayah: births per year in England and Wales, 1998-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rayah most popular?

Rayah peaked in 2025, when 50 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Rayah?

At least 460 people named Rayah born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rayah?

Most living Rayahs are between 3 and 13; the most common age is about 2.

Is Rayah becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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