Ranaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ranaya by the numbers

Ranaya was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Ranaya

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 Ranaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Raniyalooking, gazing; a form of Rania8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ranya14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raaya11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Renaya6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ramaya6 in the US (2017)
  • Rinaya3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ranaya

Names that are said the same way as Ranaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ranialooking, gazing45 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayhanasweet basil; fragrant flower8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ranyahgazing or looking intently5 in the US (2017)
  • Raihanafragrant flower or basil4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raena48 in the US (2017)
  • Rayanna38 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ranaya

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