Sarayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-RYE-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Sarayah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Sarayah mean?
Spelling of Saraya; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Saraya.
Is Sarayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sarayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sarayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Sarayah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sarayah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Sarayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were given Sarayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,236, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Saraya 15
- Sarayah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Sarayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Sarayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Sarayah, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sarayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were given Sarayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,293, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
- Saraya 110
- Sarayah 36
Sarayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
Names like Sarayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Abeeha, Hafsa, Safaa, Aaminah
Other spellings of Sarayah
Names related to Sarayah
Sarah, Saarah, Saara, Sarai, Sariyah, Sariah, Sairah, Sarahi, Saray, Saryah
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, “Sarayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sarayah, updated 20 October 2026.