Saraya
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Meaning
a modern name, possibly based on Saray, Sariah or Soraya
The story
Saraya is a modern name still deciding where it came from: the community record offers, with a careful "possibly," three parents at once, Saray, Sariah and Soraya. Multiple origins on file and none confirmed is itself information: this is a name built in living memory, assembled from sounds families already loved. The record shows the build clearly: 9 girls in the 1970s, 67 in the 1980s, 269 in the 1990s, 411 in the 2000s, 537 in the 2010s, 459 so far this decade, 1,752 American bearers in all. The best-known is the English wrestler Saraya, who carried the name to television under her own spelling. Sarah's softness up front, the bright -aya landing at the end. A name does not need one true origin to have a real history. This one is writing its paperwork after moving in, which names have always been allowed to do.
How popular is Saraya around the world?
In the United States, Saraya is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025. In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Saraya in 2017.
Saraya is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Austria, England and Wales and Brazil.
United States
on record
In the United States, Saraya is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Saraya peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Saraya in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Austria
1 in 38,000
In Austria, 2 girls named Saraya were born in 2025, ranked 1,305th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
England and Wales
1 in 39,000
In England and Wales, 15 girls named Saraya were born in 2025, ranked 1,892nd among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 101 people in Brazil were named Saraya, ranked 41,030th, with a median age of 39.
Among people named Saraya living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Canada
last on record 2023
Saraya is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
The Saraya deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Saraya truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Saraya fits with your family’s names and surname.
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