Given name
Ranya
Ranya is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ranya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 998
- 0 boys · 998 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,067 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,067 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,185 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ranya’s family of names
Ranya may belong to the same name family as RANNYA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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