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How popular is the name Soraya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sorayas are alive today.
Soraya (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 526th in 2025 with 76 babies given the name. It was almost as popular in 2012, with 73 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Soraya you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Sorayas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 1,400 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 Soraya - on average, only one in every 225 such rooms contains a Soraya.
How many babies are named Soraya each year?
Where does Soraya rank among girls' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Soraya most popular?
Soraya peaked in 2025, when 76 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Soraya?
At least 1,400 people named Soraya born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Soraya?
Most living Sorayas are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 13.
Is Soraya becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.