Girls' name · since 1962
Raisa
Raisa has 1,322 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,569 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,322
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raisa is the #4569 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,322 recorded since 1962.
Raisa has 1,322 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4569 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #6,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,569 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,322 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raisa ranks #6,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,569 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,322 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,569 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,322
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raisa's 1,322 recorded births place it above 91.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Raisa compares
1,322 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Raisa's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raisa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,322 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 94 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raisa's full recorded timeline at 2000, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 94 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 94
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Raisa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (374 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Raisa's strongest decade.
374 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Raisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
250 births
- 1990s
1990s
374 births
- 2000s
2000s
269 births
- 2010s
2010s
226 births
- 2020s
2020s
154 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 374 births (28% of all-time use).
How Raisa 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 Raisa's total volume
Raisa by state
Where Raisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 257 | 19.4% |
| #2 | California | | 134 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 44 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 25 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
257 of 1,322 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Raisa's data
- Raisa's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (374 total births) through the 2020s (154) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Raisas (257 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Raisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Raisa 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.