Spellings
Soraya or Saraya?
In the US in 2025, 74% of babies in this name family were spelled Soraya and 26% Saraya. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Soraya already led in 2015, with 76% of the family's births; it has 74% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 264 to 423 births (+60%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soraya | 201 | 313 | +56% |
| Saraya | 63 | 110 | +75% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /səˈraɪə/ (suh-RY-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Soraya 105 births (#461 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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