Raqiya
In Ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the firmament was a celestial barrier that separated the Heavenly waters above from the Earth below. In Biblical cosmology, the firmament was the vast solid dome created by God during the Genesis creation narrative to separate the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear.
Meaning & Origin of Raqiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In Ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the firmament was a celestial barrier that separated the Heavenly waters above from the Earth below. In Biblical cosmology, the firmament was the vast solid dome created by God during the Genesis creation narrative to separate the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear.
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Origin & history
The Story of Raqiya
The earliest SSA record of Raqiya as a baby girl name dates back to 2001, when 5 babies received it. 2001 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Raqiya — #15,352 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Raqiya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Raqiya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Raqiya
Raqiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Raqiya's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #15,352. Use the chart and map above to compare Raqiya'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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