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Soraya
Rank in 2024
#909
Born in 2024
290
Peak year
2024 · #909
Origin
Persian
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 290 girls were named Soraya, about 1 in every 5,563.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1955.
- 6,496 girls have been named Soraya since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Soraya per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 224 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 529 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 782 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,410 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,551 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Iranian Persian ثریا (sorayyâ), from Classical Persian ثریا (surayyā, “brilliant gem; Pleiades”), ultimately from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).
- A female given name from Persian.
- Origin
- Persian
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Soraya, CC BY-SA 4.0.