Girls' name · since 2008

Rayanah

Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 19 babies named Rayanah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#46,611 of 72,339
all-time among girls
19
born since 2008
2010s
peak decade

Rayanah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 2008.

Rayanah has 19 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2013.

  • #46,611 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 19 born since 2008
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayanah ranks #46,611 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.

#46,611 of 72,339
all-time among girls
19
born since 2008
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Rayanah's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Rayanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Rayanah splits its recorded history at 2010: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Rayanah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2013

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2010)
9
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
45678910 200820102013 5

Rayanah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (14 births, 74% of the file).

2010s was Rayanah's strongest decade.

14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.

Rayanah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 14 births (74% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rayanah?
Since 2008, Social Security records show 19 babies named Rayanah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #46,611 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2013. Its busiest year on record was 2010, with 9 births.
Where does Rayanah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayanah ranks #46,611 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Rayanah most popular?
Rayanah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Rayanah been used?
Records for Rayanah go back to 2008, giving 6 years of history through 2013.
What names are similar to Rayanah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rayna, Rayne, Raya, Ray, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Rayanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2008–2013 (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 Rayanah 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.