Soraya
- #862 for girls in 2025, 313 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 313 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,811since 1955
Soraya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Soraya has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #862 | 313 |
| 2024 | #908 | 292 |
| 2023 | #1,148 | 212 |
| 2022 | #1,052 | 242 |
| 2021 | #987 | 262 |
| 2020 | #1,183 | 196 |
| 2019 | #1,125 | 215 |
| 2018 | #1,243 | 187 |
| 2017 | #1,317 | 177 |
| 2016 | #1,236 | 197 |
| 2015 | #1,227 | 201 |
| 2014 | #1,314 | 180 |
| 2013 | #1,242 | 192 |
| 2012 | #1,227 | 198 |
| 2011 | #1,120 | 219 |
| 2010 | #1,223 | 197 |
| 2009 | #1,392 | 170 |
| 2008 | #1,309 | 190 |
| 2007 | #1,095 | 237 |
| 2006 | #1,077 | 236 |
| 2005 | #1,297 | 172 |
| 2004 | #1,431 | 144 |
| 2003 | #1,454 | 135 |
| 2002 | #1,744 | 104 |
| 2001 | #1,777 | 100 |
| 2000 | #1,855 | 92 |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 |
| 1994 | #2,323 | 56 |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 |
| 1990 | #2,317 | 54 |
| 1989 | #2,278 | 52 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,892 | 39 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five girls were named Soraya! It came in at #5,208, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Soraya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Michigan#589 · 1 in 2,749
- Oklahoma#619 · 1 in 2,463
- Massachusetts#624 · 1 in 3,004
- New York#658 · 1 in 3,133
Best ever in a state: #296 in New Mexico, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Michigan | #589 | 13 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Massachusetts | #624 | 8 | 1 in 3,004 |
| New York | #658 | 25 | 1 in 3,133 |
| Florida | #674 | 25 | 1 in 3,470 |
| California | #687 | 45 | 1 in 3,594 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| New Jersey | #718 | 10 | 1 in 3,550 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| Pennsylvania | #763 | 12 | 1 in 3,891 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Georgia | #854 | 11 | 1 in 4,110 |
| Texas | #917 | 31 | 1 in 5,179 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 321 spots since 2020 (#1,183 → #862)
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 2024
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 2025 at #862 (313 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2024–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,135
- Highest: 1 in 5,135 girls born in 2025 were named Soraya (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 28.8% of all girls named Soraya (1,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 61 | #2,117 (1958) | #3,805 |
| 1960s | 326 | #1,801 (1965) | #2,115 |
| 1970s | 313 | #1,805 (1971) | #2,594 |
| 1980s | 422 | #1,981 (1980) | #2,437 |
| 1990s | 629 | #1,898 (1996) | #2,188 |
| 2000s | 1,580 | #1,077 (2006) | #1,443 |
| 2010s | 1,963 | #1,120 (2011) | #1,227 |
| 2020s | 1,517 | #862 (2025) | #1,023 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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