Rayana — #3476 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rayana

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,144 babies named Rayana between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rayana currently holds the #3476 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 475 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rayana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayana in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayana 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 1,144 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.