Rayhana

#7,412 in 2025Girls' name

Basil

Rayhana has been given to 217 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #7,412 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Rayhana, 2025

1 in 221,000

Rayhana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rayhana: meaning, origin, and history

Basil

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rayhana means

Rayhana means “basil”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 217 girls were recorded with the name Rayhana between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2024; its best national rank was #6,590 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,870 in 2020 to #7,412 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,908 in 2015 to #7,412 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Rayhana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 107,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,412; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rayhana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rayhana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rayhanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rayhana was born before 2017 — so the typical Rayhana is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 53.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 217; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 53.5% of all recorded uses (116).

Is Rayhana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −822; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +458; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +496; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 83.3%; Peak was 2024 (18)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,590; 2024

Spellings of Rayhana

Rayhana is not the most common spelling — Dayana is, with 24.2% against Rayhana's 0.34%.

Dayana24.2%15,598
Rayna20.7%13,386
Ayana18.7%12,091
Sahana4.4%2,870
Rayanna3.4%2,221
Rayann2.5%1,645
Ahana2.1%1,364
Jayana1.9%1,237

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Rayhana around the world

Where Rayhana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#3,035
in 2025
France
1990–2025
#909
in 2025
Canada
2010–2024
#3,027
in 2024
South Australia
2006–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rayhana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,412
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 458
Best rank ever: #6,590; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 18 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 217
Count in 2025: 15

Names similar to Rayhana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rayana Rayyana Raylinn Rayelle Rayley Raymie Rayaan Rayyan Raynie Rayelynn Raynah Raylani Raylynne Kyliana Demiana Farzana Sadhana Daryana Meliana Raylie Cariana Avriana Raylei Aviyana

Sibling names for Rayhana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Kale Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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