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Soraya

Girl's name · #868 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Soraya is climbing: on the charts since 1955, it reached #868 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 310 girls given the name last year. Roughly 6,800 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#235 in Switzerland (2025) · #475 in France (2025) · #477 in Belgium (2025) · #530 in England & Wales (2025) · #907 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,008 in Austria (2025) · #1,610 in Ecuador (2025) · #932 in Canada (2024).

Famous Sorayas

• Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari — Queen consort of Iran from 1951 to 1958
• Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría — Spanish politician
• Soraya Arnelas — Spanish singer, songwriter, actress and model
• Soraya Tarzi — Afghan politician (1899–1968)
• Soraya Haddad — Algerian judoka

In stories & tradition

• Soraya Manutchehri — Fictional character from Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée
• Soraya Montenegro de la Vega Montalban — María la del Barrio (Spanish-language TV series)
• Soraya — Twenties (TV series)

What Sorayas become

Among 170 notable people named Soraya:

Entertainers appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Soraya Arnelas, Spanish singer, songwriter, actress and model.

Similar names: Ayah · Soleil · Araya · Zainab · Inaya · Khadija

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