Soraya — #912 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Soraya

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,496 babies named Soraya between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Soraya currently holds the #912 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 290 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Soraya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,963 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Soraya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,227 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Soraya in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Soraya 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 6,496 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.