Saray
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-RYE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Saray is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my princess”. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Saray mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Sarai
“my princess”
Sarai was the original name of Sarah, wife of Abraham, before God renamed her in the Book of Genesis.
Is Saray a girl's or a boy's name?
Saray is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saray in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Saray, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Saray in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were given Saray or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,468, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Saray 43
- Serai 11
Saray in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 85 | #2,258 |
| 2009 | 94 | #2,139 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,770 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,893 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,918 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,948 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Saray
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Raya Salem Sasha Shiloh Summer Selah Saanvi Hadassah Aaliyah Safa Salma
Other spellings of Saray
Names related to Saray
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, “Saray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saray, updated 20 October 2026.