Sedra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SED-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Sedra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lote tree”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Sedra mean?
Arabic: Arabic sidra, also spelled Sidra
“lote tree”
In the Qur'an the Sidrat al-Muntaha, 'lote tree of the utmost boundary', marks the highest point of heaven.
Is Sedra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sedra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sedra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Sedra, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sedra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Sedra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Sedra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Sedra, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Sedra in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sedra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
Names like Sedra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Dua Hafsa Syeda Ayra Aqsa Liyana Sama Esme Yusra Pippa Luna
Names related to Sedra
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Sedra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sedra, updated 20 October 2026.