Raha is a Persian name that means "free" or "liberated"; in Swahili the same word means comfort or joy, so the name carries good associations in two very different cultures. It is used in the United States chiefly by Iranian-American families. Raha was almost unknown here a decade ago at number 10702 in 2015, climbed to number 2260 in 2024 and reaches number 1957 in 2025, its best rank so far.