Saraia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-RY-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Saraia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Saraia come from?
Hebrew: spelling of Saraiah; elaboration of Sarah or Sarai; compare biblical Seraiah
Meaning borrowed from Saraiah.
Is Saraia a girl's or a boy's name?
Saraia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saraia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Saraia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Saraia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saraia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Nicknames for Saraia
- Sara 449 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Saraia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salem, Hadassah, Zamira, Safa, Safiya, Zaniyah, Sariyah, Aaliyah, Hadassa, Zahara, Alaya, Kaliyah
Names related to Saraia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Saraia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saraia, updated 20 October 2026.