Sorayah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sorayah: Recorded since 2006, it reached #2,449 in 2020, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#2449highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#3536
2014	#3160
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2018	#3178
2019	#4686
2020	#2449
2021	#3961
2022	#2673
2023	#4056
2024	#5891

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 17 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #2449 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sorayah 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 Sorayah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010s	45	9 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Sorayah 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 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2449 in England and Wales in 2020.

Sorayah'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	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 2006 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,449, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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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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.

Ailah · #2449, 13y
Alaiza · #2449, 13y
Barin · #2449, 15y
Isabella-Mae · #2449, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Ailah · #2449, 13y
Alaiza · #2449, 13y
Barin · #2449, 15y
Isabella-Mae · #2449, 16y

Sorayah 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 Sorayah without appearing here.

Sorayah moved ahead of

Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Sorayah

Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2070.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Sorayah

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 while Ada went from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 while Alma went from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 while Amelia went from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 while Aria went from #1280 to #35.

Moved the same way as Sorayah

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 and Abigail from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 and Aimee from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 and Aisling from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorayah went from #4157 to #5891 and Alex from #279 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2449 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sorayah

Sorayah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sorayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sorayah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Sorayah and the names beside it

Sorayah moved ahead of

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Sorayah at a glance

Sorayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sorayah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Sorayah and the names beside it

Sorayah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sorayah

Moved the opposite way to Sorayah

Moved the same way as Sorayah