Raha
Feminine · “rest”
Raha is ease and rest in Arabic and Persian — the state of being unburdened, from a root about setting something down.
How old is the name Raha?
Raha first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. Raha is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Rahas are still in diapers. About 400 people named Raha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Raha most popular?
Raha peaked in 2025, reaching #1942 nationally. Today it ranks #1942, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From raha to Raha
The story of Raha
Raha traveled with Arabic into Persian and, with the Indian Ocean trade, into Swahili, where it is a common word for contentment. It is used as a name across the Arabic- and Persian-speaking world and in East Africa. Emigration brought it to America, where it appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
rest, ease, comfort
From the Arabic and Persian raha, 'rest', 'ease' or 'relief', from a root about laying a burden down. The Swahili raha is the same word borrowed, meaning happiness or comfort. The word is ordinary in all three and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- raha
- Raha
Related forms: راحة · Raha · Raha
Pronouncing Raha
RAH-hah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the h a fuller breath than English does.
Nicknames for Raha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 202599 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1942reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +19.3%99 in 2025, from 83
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Raha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- راحة in Arabic — transliteration
- Raha in Persian — same name
- Raha in Swahili — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Rahas among us
people named Raha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,235 born in 2025 was named Raha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Raha
- #1942
- Raha on the 2025 chart
- #850
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Raha went to 99 girls in 2025, but Raaha is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 110, which makes it the 850th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,092 places above the chart.
- Raha99
- Raaha11
About 1 girl in 14,612 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,235 for Raha itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Anaiyah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Raha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Anaiyah climbed just as high around 2010, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Anaiyah's path sketches the road Raha is walking now.
Raha is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Raha is headed
Raha is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 143% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Raha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Raha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The rest meaning is transparent, undisputed and genuinely restful.
- It is current in Arabic, Persian and Swahili naming alike.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- In Persian raha also carries a sense of 'released', which is a slightly different color.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
- The doubled h will be flattened by English speakers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rahas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Raha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Raha?
- Raha is the most-used spelling in US records — 99 of the 110 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Raaha.
- How popular is the name Raha in 2025?
- Raha ranks #1942 among US girl names in 2025, with 99 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Raha?
- About 1 in every 16,235 US girls born in 2025 was named Raha — 99 in all.
- Will my child share the name Raha with classmates?
- Raha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Raha
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