Rayya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rayya: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,993 in 2010, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1993highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#2627
2008	#5545
2009	#3031
2010	#1993
2011	#2275
2012	#3681
2013	#2649
2015	#2945
2016	#2966
2017	#2341
2018	#2674
2019	#2643
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#3970
2023	#3218
2024	#4192

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1993 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rayya 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 Rayya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	84	9 of 10	9
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Rayya 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1993 in England and Wales in 2010.

Rayya'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,993, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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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Rayssa · #3148, 11y
Rayyaan · #1361, 22y
Rayyan · #197, 30y

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.

Shiza · #1993, 19y
Al-Amin · #1991, 22y
Alfie-Ray · #1991, 17y
Anesu · #1991, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Al-Amin · #1991, 22y
Arizona · #1995, 23y
Binta · #1991, 26y
Hedley · #1991, 16y

Rayya 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 Rayya without appearing here.

Rayya moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Debra Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Rayya

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3695.
Noah Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2869 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #2615.

Moved the opposite way to Rayya

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rayya went from #1993 to #4192 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rayya went from #2649 to #4192 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rayya went from #2649 to #4192 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.
Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rayya went from #2945 to #4192 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

Moved the same way as Rayya

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rayya went from #2649 to #4192 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1993 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Rayya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rayya at a glance

Rayya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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