Saya Girl
How popular is Saya?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Saya in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Saya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▲ 476 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,501 in 2015, #4,755 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (98 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,028 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Saya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saya family of names ranked #1,728 for girls in 2025 (#1,941 the year before), with 85 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saya | 59 | 69% |
| Saia | 13 | 15% |
| Saiah | 6 | 7% |
| Sayah | 7 | 8% |
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 Saya is most popular
Babies named Saya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Saya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Saya
Questions
- Is Saya a boy or girl name?
- Saya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Saya were girls.
- How popular is the name Saya?
- 59 baby girls were named Saya in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Saya most popular?
- Saya peaked in 2010, when 98 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,028 in 2010.
- How many people are named Saya?
- 1,305 babies have been named Saya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,296 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Saya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saya was most common in California, at 0.0 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.