Soraya

“Brilliant gem; the Pleiades star cluster” — Arabic via Persian origin

Girl's name · #868 in the US (2025) · Trending

Soraya is climbing: on the charts since 1955, it reached #868 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 310 girls given the name last year. Roughly 6,800 have carried it all-time.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,000 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 2,000 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 2,700 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sorayas

Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari — Queen consort of Iran from 1951 to 1958
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría — Spanish politician
Soraya Arnelas — Spanish singer, songwriter, actress and model
Soraya Tarzi — Princess Consort (1919-1926), later Queen Consort of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1926-1929)
Soraya Haddad — Algerian judoka

In stories & tradition

Soraya Manutchehri — literary character
Soraya Montenegro de la Vega Montalban — María la del Barrio
Soraya — Twenties

What Sorayas become

Among 170 notable people named Soraya:

Entertainers appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Soraya Arnelas, Spanish singer, songwriter, actress and model.

Similar names: Ayah · Soleil · Araya · Sariyah · Inaya · Dania

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