Sayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Sayra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Sayra come from?
Variant of Saira or Sara
Is Sayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Sayra, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Sayra of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Sayra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Sayra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Sayra, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Sayra than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Sayra in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,887 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 83 | #2,061 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,994 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Sayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hiba Hafsa Zainab Rahma Summer Huda Safaa Aaliyah Saba Zaira Ayah
Names related to Sayra
Sara Sarah Soraya Siara Saira Saara Sarai Suraya Sariyah Saraya
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, “Sayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayra, updated 20 October 2026.