Soraiya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Soraiya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Soraiya: Recorded every year since 2008, it reached #2,233 in 2016, and it stood at #4,867 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#2233highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#3185
2012	#3285
2013	#2887
2014	#2659
2015	#2705
2016	#2233
2017	#2502
2018	#2901
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#3015
2025	#4867

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #5545 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2025
Highest recorded position: #2233 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2008–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Soraiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Soraiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	78	10 of 10	8
2020s	28	6 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Soraiya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2233 in England and Wales in 2016.

Soraiya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#4867	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2008 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,233, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,867position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sorayah · #2449, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alveena · #2233, 18y
Connie-Mae · #2233, 17y
Gauri · #2233, 21y
Ishaal · #2233, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alveena · #2233, 18y
Gauri · #2233, 21y
Ishaal · #2233, 19y
Lillie-Ann · #2233, 19y

Soraiya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Soraiya without appearing here.

Soraiya moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Soraiya

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2488.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1711.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Soraiya

Donna Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Soraiya went from #5545 to #3015 while Donna went from #1914 to #5891.
Evan Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Soraiya went from #5545 to #3015 while Evan went from #3860 to #5891.
Hayden Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Soraiya went from #5545 to #3015 while Hayden went from #878 to #5891.
Kerry Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Soraiya went from #5545 to #3015 while Kerry went from #972 to #4843.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2233 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Soraiya

Soraiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Soraiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Soraiya appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Soraiya at a glance

Soraiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Soraiya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Soraiya and the names beside it

Soraiya moved ahead of

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