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Rayna

“Bulgarian happy (dim. of Radka); Germanic strong counsel; or Yiddish purity” — Multiple — Bulgarian, Germanic, and Yiddish (three documented paths) origin

Girl's name · #796 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Rayna reached its best rank, #651, in 2019 and ranked #796 in 2025. About 13,000 girls have carried it since 1932. Together with its spelling variant Raina (#916), Rayna would rank around #482 with about 630 births last year — the newborns split about 54/46 between Rayna and Raina.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,200 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,900 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Raynas

• Rayna Knyaginya — Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary (1856-1917)
• Rayna Katsarova — Bulgarian ethnomusicologist
• Rayna Kasabova — Bulgarian air force pilot
• Rayna Talinska — Bulgarian actor
• Rayna Vallandingham — American martial artist and actress

In stories & tradition

• Rayna Jaymes — Nashville

What Raynas become

Among 48 notable people named Rayna:

Entertainers appear 1.88× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rayna, Bulgarian singer.

Similar names: Raina · Kori · Rayne · Laina · Adley · Rayleigh

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