Girls' name · since 1995
Raia
411 babies named Raia in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 411
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
411 babies have been named Raia since 1995, making it today's #4319 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Raia recorded 411 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #4319 nationally today, ahead of 75% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #13,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,319 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 411 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raia ranks #13,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,319 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 411 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 411
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raia's 411 recorded births place it above 81.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Raia compares
411 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Raia's all-time total is 9% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 411 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raia's full recorded timeline at 2011, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Raia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (169 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Raia's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Raia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s
2020s
169 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 169 births (41% of all-time use).
Raia by state
Where Raia concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 2.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.2% |
11 of 411 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Raia's data
- New York records the most Raias (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Raia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Raia 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.