Name Awesome

Raza

#6,363 in 2025Boys' name

Satisfaction, fulfillment, through Riza

Raza has been given to 386 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #6,363 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Raza, 2025

1 in 237,000

Raza over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Raza: meaning, origin, and history

Satisfaction, fulfillment, through Riza

Arabic, Classical Persian, Dari and Urdu

What Raza means

Raza belongs to the name family reached through Raza → Riza. Its meaning is “satisfaction, fulfillment”.

Origin, language, and formation

Raza is used in English. Its origins include Arabic, Classical Persian, Dari and Urdu.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Riza.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Raza is pronounced /ˈɹɑː.zə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 386 boys were recorded with the name Raza between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1995; its best national rank was #4,003 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,573 in 2020 to #6,363 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,235 in 2015 to #6,363 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Raza?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,363
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Raza sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raza. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Razas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raza was born before 2006 — so the typical Raza is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
386
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (102).

Is Raza 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
−247
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,210
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−128
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
87.5%
Peak was 1995 (16)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,003
1995

Spellings of Raza

Raza is not the most common spelling — Ray is, with 46.5% against Raza's 0.09%.

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.

Raza around the world

Where Raza 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
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1992–1992
    #380
    in 1992
  • France
    1980–1980
    #2,589
    in 1980
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS 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.

Raza by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,363
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,210
Best rank ever
#4,003
1995
Peak year
1995
16 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
386
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Raza

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

RaziRazielAzaKhazaMurtazaRazGazaIrtazaRazeenRazinRazmig

Sibling names for Raza

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

Explore around Raza

Top names of 1995, Raza's peak yearThe 1990s in fullOther names that peaked in 1995Boys' names starting with R