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Baby name
Soraya
Girl
Origin of the name
Soraya is a Persian name for the Pleiades, a cluster of stars.
Rising name
6,811births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 862rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Soraya are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Soraya is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Soraya is most common in Florida (2.5 times), New York (2.5) and California (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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