Araya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 49 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Araya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2022 | #895 |
| 2023 | #993 |
Araya by the numbers
In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Araya. In the US, 183 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Araya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Araya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Araya
Names that are said the same way as Araya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aaryanoble, honorable; respelling of Arya56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
- Auriagolden; a form of Aurora49 in the US (2017)
- Aairahair or lion; variant of aira33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aariahlion of god; variant of ariel29 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Araya
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