Saraya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-RYE-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,818 for girls
Saraya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).
What does Saraya mean?
Linked to Sarah or to Arabic Thurayya
Can be seen as an elaboration of Sarah, 'princess', or a form of the Arabic Thurayya, the Pleiades; its source varies by family.
Is Saraya a girl's or a boy's name?
Saraya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 110 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saraya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Saraya, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saraya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were given Saraya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,236, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
- Saraya 15
- Sarayah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Saraya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Saraya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,818among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 110about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Saraya, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had the most girls named Saraya of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Saraya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were given Saraya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,293, up from #1,818 for this spelling alone.
- Saraya 110
- Sarayah 36
Saraya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,818 |
| 2024 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
Names like Saraya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Raya Anaya Amaya Aaliyah Amira Khadija Inaya Maya Safiya Zainab Hafsa
Other spellings of Saraya
Names related to Saraya
Sara Sarah Saara Sarai Sayra Saria Sarya Sarahi Sariya Saray Saroya
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, “Saraya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saraya, updated 20 October 2026.