Sarayu
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SA-ra-yoo
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Sarayu is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “flowing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Sarayu mean?
Sanskrit: name of a sacred Indian river
“flowing”
The Sarayu is a holy river of northern India; in the Ramayana, Rama's city of Ayodhya stands on its banks.
Is Sarayu a girl's or a boy's name?
Sarayu is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sarayu in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.
Sarayu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Sarayu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Sarayu, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Sarayu in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sarayu in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Sarayu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Anaya Saanvi Aadhya Prisha Sanvi Avani Aarya Inaya Anvika Aaradhya Sukhmani
Names related to Sarayu
Sara Sarah Sarai Saraya Sayra Sarayah Saria Sarya Sarahi Sariya Saray Saroya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Sarayu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sarayu, updated 20 October 2026.