Raia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Raia: Recorded since 2001, it reached #764 in 2021, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#764highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#2757
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#2341
2022	#2325
2023	#3218
2024	#2253

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 21 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2021: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2341 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raia 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 Raia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	22	6 of 10	4
2010s	50	10 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Raia appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Raia'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #764, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Raiden · #699, 21y
Raif · #1040, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Alonzo · #764, 18y
Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Bryanna · #764, 22y
Clarisse · #764, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alonzo · #764, 18y
Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Nahla · #764, 19y
Onyinyechi · #764, 16y

Raia was ranked #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Raia 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 Raia without appearing here.

Raia moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4003 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #5581.
Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Raia

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2201.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Raia

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 while Aisling went from #514 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 while Alex went from #172 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Raia

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 and Ada from #1520 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 and Alma from #1728 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 and Amalie from #3998 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raia went from #3998 to #2253 and Amelia from #32 to #2.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Raia at a glance

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Popularity journey

Raia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Raia at a glance

Raia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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