Soraya Girl
How popular is Soraya?
#862 girl name in 2025
313 baby girls were named Soraya in the US in 2025, making it the 862nd most popular girl name.
Soraya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #862 for girls (▲ 46 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 313 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,227 in 2015, #1,183 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (313 girls) |
| Highest rank | #862 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Soraya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Soraya family of names ranked #741 for girls in 2025 (#795 the year before), with 348 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Soraya | 313 | 90% |
| Sorayah | 26 | 7% |
| Soraia | 9 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Soraya is most popular
Babies named Soraya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (127 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (178 girls)
Soraya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 61 | #2,116 |
| 1960s | 326 | #1,801 |
| 1970s | 313 | #1,805 |
| 1980s | 422 | #1,981 |
| 1990s | 629 | #1,896 |
| 2000s | 1,580 | #1,077 |
| 2010s | 1,963 | #1,120 |
| 2020s | 1,517 | #862 |
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Questions
- Is Soraya a boy or girl name?
- Soraya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Soraya were girls.
- How popular is the name Soraya?
- 313 baby girls were named Soraya in the US in 2025, making it the 862nd most popular girl name.
- When was Soraya most popular?
- Soraya peaked in 2025, when 313 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #862 in 2025.
- How many people are named Soraya?
- 6,811 babies have been named Soraya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,701 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Soraya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Soraya was most common in New York, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.