Sairah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SY-ra
- Origin
- Urdu
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Sairah is a girls' name of Urdu origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Sairah come from?
Urdu: spelling of Saira; South Asian name of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Saira.
Is Sairah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sairah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sairah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Sairah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sairah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 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 Sairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Sairah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Sairah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sairah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Sairah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 girls in the US were given Sairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,262, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Sairah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Sairah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Sumayyah, Zainab, Farah, Aaliyah, Ayah, Samah, Safaa, Hibah, Summer, Nusaybah, Zairah
Other spellings of Sairah
Names related to Sairah
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, “Sairah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sairah, updated 20 October 2026.