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Name meaning & stats

Soraya

Soraya (Persian origin). 6,811 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

Persian

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

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6,811 US babies were named Soraya between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Soraya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 35% of the family

  • Soraya 35%
  • Zora 29%
  • Sora 13%
  • Zoriah 4%
  • Zoraya 3%
  • Zorah 3%
  • Soriah 2%
  • Zohra 2%
  • Zoria 2%
  • Soriya 2%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2025)