Saudia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sow-DEE-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Saudia is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Saudia come from?
Arabic: probably a variant of Saadia
Is Saudia a girl's or a boy's name?
Saudia is a girls' name.
How popular is Saudia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Saudia in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saudia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Saudia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira, Safia, Safiya, Samia, Summer, Aliya, Aaliyah, Amira, Khadija, Safa, Aisha, Salma
Names related to Saudia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Saudia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saudia, updated 20 October 2026.