Girls' name · since 1998
Raiah
66 babies named Raiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
66 girls have been named Raiah since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Raiah recorded 66 times among girls since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2023.
- #31,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raiah ranks #31,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raiah's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raiah splits its recorded history at 2013: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Raiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Raiah's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Raiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Raiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
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, 1998–2023 (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 Raiah 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.