Rhaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two 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

Rhaya by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rhaya

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

  • Rayaqueen or princess547 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rheya12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raaya11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rhya8 in the US (2017)
  • Rhiya6 in the US (2017)
  • Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Rhaya

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