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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Saria

Saria was the 5210th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 3133rd with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 820 places. More babies were named Saria in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Sariah) Book of Mormon name · American English

Rank in 2025
#5,210 girls, down 780 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
25girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201752 babies
Total since 1880
1,075babies recorded

What does the name Saria mean?

Saria is a spelling of Sariah, pronounced the same way, so it shares Sariah's meaning and origin.

Sariah is the name of a woman in the Book of Mormon, the wife of the prophet Lehi (1 Nephi 2:5), as Wiktionary notes; it compares the name with Sarah and Maria. Its meaning is not documented. Some writers connect it to Hebrew names such as Seraiah, but that is not established. It is used mainly among Latter-day Saint families and in the US from the late 1960s.

How sure is this? Uncertain. Source text is clear; meaning undocumented.

Related names: Sarah, Sarai, Maria.

See also: American names.

Sources for this meaning

Saria popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#5,21025
2020#4,43031
2010#4,58532
2000#4,50827
1990#9,9718
1980#7,9868
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How popular is Saria, counting every spelling?

Saria is a spelling of Sariah, a name family that ranked #872 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,210 for Saria on its own. Together these spellings went to 296 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Sariah271#9511,356
Saria25#5,210161

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 Saria?

25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Saria (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Saria 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Saria.

Chance of another Saria in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Saria?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Saria are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 8 and 24. That makes Saria mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Saria by state

How common Saria was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Saria, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Saria: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Saria, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Saria

What does Saria mean?

Saria is a spelling of Sariah, usually explained as “Book of Mormon name”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.

How popular is the name Saria?

Saria was the 5210th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 3133rd with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 820 places. More babies were named Saria in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Saria a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Saria in the US.

Where is Saria most popular?

In 2021–2025, Saria was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.