Saira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SY-ra
- Origin
- Urdu
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,298 for girls
Saira is a girls' name of Urdu origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).
Where does Saira come from?
Urdu: South Asian name of uncertain origin
Is Saira a girl's or a boy's name?
Saira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Saira, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 74 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Saira since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Saira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Saira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Saira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 50 | #837 |
| 2013 | 47 | #868 |
| 2012 | 58 | #747 |
| 2011 | 52 | #779 |
| 2010 | 50 | #789 |
| 2009 | 55 | #722 |
| 2008 | 64 | #643 |
| 2007 | 66 | #602 |
| 2006 | 61 | #607 |
| 2005 | 73 | #516 |
| 2004 | 57 | #595 |
| 2003 | 53 | #608 |
| 2002 | 59 | #551 |
| 2001 | 67 | #490 |
| 2000 | 63 | #509 |
| 1999 | 46 | #629 |
| 1998 | 50 | #591 |
| 1997 | 50 | #588 |
| 1996 | 74 | #449 |
How popular is Saira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,298among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Saira, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,065th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had fewer girls named Saira than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Saira in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 girls in the US were given Saira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,262, up from #2,298 for this spelling alone.
Saira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,298 |
| 2024 | 97 | #2,011 |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,828 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,698 |
| 2020 | 89 | #2,065 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,501 |
| 2014 | 72 | #2,497 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,152 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 97 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,802 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 121 | #1,589 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,584 |
| 2000 | 102 | #1,715 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 101 | #1,605 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,683 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 69 | #2,021 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,085 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,229 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,091 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Saira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Summer Hiba Salma Hafsa Saba Zainab Faiza Rahma Safaa Safiya Huda
Other spellings of Saira
Names related to Saira
Sara Sarah Zaira Siara Saara Sarai Sariyah Sahra Sariah Shira
More Urdu names
Meerab Shahzain Zohran Laiba Sehrish Zeeshan Maheen Aafia Shazain Laibah Laaiba Laaibah Zeeshaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saira, updated 20 October 2026.