Saira Girl
How popular is Saira?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Saira in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Saira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▼ 287 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,501 in 2015, #2,065 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (122 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,584 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Saira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saira family of names ranked #1,543 for girls in 2025 (#1,349 the year before), with 100 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saira | 79 | 79% |
| Sayra | 16 | 16% |
| Sairah | 5 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Saira is most popular
Babies named Saira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 girls)
Saira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1970s | 115 | #4,051 |
| 1980s | 372 | #2,091 |
| 1990s | 718 | #1,605 |
| 2000s | 1,070 | #1,584 |
| 2010s | 778 | #2,152 |
| 2020s | 587 | #1,698 |
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Questions
- Is Saira a boy or girl name?
- Saira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Saira were girls.
- How popular is the name Saira?
- 79 baby girls were named Saira in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Saira most popular?
- Saira peaked in 2021, when 122 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,584 in 2001.
- How many people are named Saira?
- 3,645 babies have been named Saira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,601 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Saira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saira was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.