Rokaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rokaya by the numbers

Rokaya was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rokaya

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

  • Roqayarising; ascending5 in the US (2017)
  • Rukaya6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Romaya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roxanadawn; bright; form of Roxane107 in the US (2017)
  • Ruqayaascending; rising; a form of Ruqayya12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rosanarose; a form of Rosanna8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rokaya

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

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