Girls' name · since 2000
Raeya
Raeya has 802 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 802
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
802 babies have been named Raeya since 2000, making it today's #2854 girls' name.
Raeya has 802 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2854 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #8,703 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,854 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 802 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raeya ranks #8,703 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,854 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 802 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 802
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raeya's 802 recorded births place it above 87.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Raeya compares
802 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Raeya's all-time total is 113% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raeya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 802 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 80 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raeya's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 80% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 20%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 80, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Raeya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (399 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Raeya's strongest decade.
399 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Raeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 80
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
323 births
- 2020s
2020s
399 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 399 births (50% of all-time use).
How Raeya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Raeya's total volume
Raeya by state
Where Raeya concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.6% |
54 of 802 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Raeya appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Raeyas (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raeya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.