Saira

Saira was the #2,298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Saira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Saira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Saira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,298 (79)#1,512 (20)——#1,141 (23)
2024#2,011 (97)#1,097 (31)——#1,348 (18)
2023#2,142 (89)#1,087 (31)——#773 (36)
2022#1,828 (111)#1,245 (26)#760 (3)—#1,415 (16)
2021#1,698 (122)#1,161 (29)——#1,082 (24)
2020#2,065 (89)#1,065 (31)—#834 (3)#1,153 (21)
2019#2,305 (78)#920 (39)——#1,231 (20)
2018#2,302 (79)#1,111 (31)——#1,567 (14)
2017#2,357 (77)#1,105 (31)——#1,901 (11)
2016#2,247 (85)#1,112 (31)——#1,785 (12)
2015#2,501 (72)#923 (39)#806 (3)—#1,584 (14)
2014#2,497 (72)#794 (49)——#1,901 (11)
2013#2,326 (79)#813 (47)——#1,913 (11)
2012#2,449 (75)#722 (56)——#2,013 (10)
2011#2,555 (70)#749 (50)——#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,698.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Saira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Saira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Saira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Saira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SairaCanadaGirls#1,14123
SairaEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
SairaIrelandGirls—too few
SairaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SairaScotlandGirls—too few
SairaUSGirls#2,29879