How popular is the name Soraya?

Soraya ranks 1,803rd among girls' names in US records, with 6,506 births since 1955. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,179.

Is Soraya a unisex name?

No. Soraya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2024, when 290 children were given the name. It has been in use for 70 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,803 of girl names

Pronounced S OW1 R EY1 AH0 (ARPABET)

Soraya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1955. It has been given to 6,506 children — the 1,803rd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2024, when 290 children were given it.

2024290

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Soraya?: Soraya ranks 1,803rd among girls' names in US records, with 6,506 births since 1955. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,179.
Is Soraya a unisex name?: No. Soraya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Soraya most popular?: 2024, when 290 children were given the name. It has been in use for 70 years and is still recorded as of 2024.