Sarayah
Sarayah was the 4054th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 3575th with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,498 places. More babies were named Sarayah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,054 girls, up 93 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201644 babies
- Total since 1880
- 662babies recorded
Sarayah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #4,054 | 36 |
| 2020 | #4,147 | 34 |
| 2010 | #5,567 | 25 |
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How popular is Sarayah, counting every spelling?
Sarayah is a spelling of Saraya, a name family that ranked #1,250 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,054 for Sarayah on its own. Together these spellings went to 169 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saraya | 110 | #1,830 | 402 |
| Sarayah | 36 | #4,054 | 181 |
| Saraiah | 12 | #8,782 | 51 |
| Saraia | 11 | #9,362 | 41 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sarayah?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sarayah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sarayah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sarayah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sarayah?
About 700 people born in the US named Sarayah are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Sarayah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sarayah by state
How common Sarayah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sarayah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sarayah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sarayah
How popular is the name Sarayah?
Sarayah was the 4054th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 3575th with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,498 places. More babies were named Sarayah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sarayah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sarayah in the US.
Where is Sarayah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sarayah was most common in Georgia (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.