Raysha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Raysha by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Raysha.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Raysha

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

  • Rashayoung gazelle4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rakshaprotection; guardian5 in the US (2017)
  • Raysa4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raynaqueen; a modern spelling of Reyna391 in the US (2017)
  • Raisarose; derived from Rose34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayhansweet basil16 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Raysha

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