Rajaa
Raja Kessabny, or just Rajaa, is a Moroccan singer. In 2006, she won the first ever series of The X Factor, XSeer Al Najah,, the Arab version of The X Factor sponsored by Rotana. In the final, she beat the Egyptian rival Ahmed.
Meaning & Origin of Rajaa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raja Kessabny, or just Rajaa, is a Moroccan singer. In 2006, she won the first ever series of The X Factor, XSeer Al Najah,, the Arab version of The X Factor sponsored by Rotana. In the final, she beat the Egyptian rival Ahmed.
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The Story of Rajaa
Rajaa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 6 births, good for #12,425 nationwide. About 65% of every Rajaa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Rajaa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rajaa
Rajaa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Rajaa's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #12,425. Use the chart and map above to compare Rajaa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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