Meaning and history
Soraya is the Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in parts of Europe through the fame of Princess Soraya (1932–2001), the wife of the last Shah of Iran, who later became a European socialite.
20062006: 236 births, rank #1,077
2007: 237 births, rank #1,095
2008: 190 births, rank #1,309
2009: 170 births, rank #1,392
2010: 197 births, rank #1,223
20112011: 219 births, rank #1,120
2012: 198 births, rank #1,227
2013: 192 births, rank #1,242
2014: 180 births, rank #1,314
2015: 201 births, rank #1,227
20162016: 197 births, rank #1,236
2017: 177 births, rank #1,317
2018: 187 births, rank #1,243
2019: 215 births, rank #1,125
2020: 196 births, rank #1,183
20212021: 262 births, rank #987
2022: 242 births, rank #1,052
2023: 212 births, rank #1,148
2024: 292 births, rank #908
20252025: 313 births, rank #862
Soraya rose from #911 to #868 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 313.