Raiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Raiya: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #541, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#541highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3725
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2010	#2235
2011	#3185
2012	#3681
2013	#3536
2014	#1702
2015	#2945
2016	#1571
2017	#1733
2018	#1977
2019	#1634
2020	#2449
2021	#1195
2022	#1120
2023	#774
2024	#902

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 19 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #541 among girls in Scotland, #902 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3725 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — 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 #902 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raiya 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 Raiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010s	124	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	154	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Raiya 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 3 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #541 in Scotland in 2024.

Raiya'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	#902	40	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#774	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1120	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1195	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #541, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, 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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Raissa · #1866, 15y
Raiyah · #3148, 10y
Raiyan · #1179, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Marlowe · #541, 23y
Munachimso · #541, 15y
Roux · #541, 16y
Sunnie · #541, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Avleen · #541, 22y
Evalyn · #541, 22y
Lacey-May · #541, 17y
Roux · #541, 16y

Raiya was ranked #541 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Raiya 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 Raiya without appearing here.

Raiya moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1195 and #5581.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1571 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1702 and #5691.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Raiya

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1702 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #1240.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1733 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Raiya

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Raiya

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raiya went from #3725 to #902 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

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 3 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #541 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raiya

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Raiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Raiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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