Rayssa
Meaning
“A Brazilian modern coinage, likely a respelling of Raissa; famously borne by Rayssa Leal, the Brazilian street skateboarder and Olympic medalist.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rayssa has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
54,423 people · the #533 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 3,731 · median age 16
Among people named Rayssa living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 3,139 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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