Arayah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Arayah: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #1,206, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#1206highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#4171
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#2757
2017	#2090
2018	#2499
2019	#1562
2020	#1556
2021	#1505
2022	#1416
2023	#1206
2024	#1406

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 17 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #5201 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #1206 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Arayah 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 Arayah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	111	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Arayah 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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1206 in England and Wales in 2023.

Arayah'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	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 2007 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,206, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,406position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 202325 to 49 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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Araz · #2125, 14y
Arbaaz · #718, 20y

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.

Alea · #1206, 22y
Nivaan · #1207, 13y
Paxton · #1207, 12y
Hooria · #1204, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alea · #1206, 22y
Kayra · #1206, 23y
Hooria · #1204, 20y
Boe · #1210, 22y

Arayah 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arayah without appearing here.

Arayah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Arayah

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Arayah

Abigail Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 while Aimee went from #76 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 while Aisling went from #1196 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 while Alex went from #350 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Arayah

Ada Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 and Ada from #919 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 and Alma from #1196 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 and Amelia from #10 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arayah went from #5201 to #1406 and Aria from #1234 to #35.

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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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1206 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arayah

Arayah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arayah appears in

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Arayah at a glance

Arayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arayah appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Arayah and the names beside it

Arayah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arayah

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