Raiya — #2786 US girls' name
663 babies named Raiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Raiya was born in this single decade.
77 babies were named Raiya in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raiya
The Social Security Administration has registered 663 babies named Raiya between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raiya currently holds the #2786 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 77 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raiya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Raiya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Raiya in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raiya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 663 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Raiya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2023)
- 77
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #2786 among girls.
663 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 77 births in a single year.
Raiya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 298 births that decade — 45% of Raiya's all-time total
Raiya decade highlights
- Peak decade 298 births
- Runner-up 240 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Raiya's strongest decade
298 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Raiya by state
Where Raiya concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 2.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 14 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
34 of 663 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Raiya appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.