Saira

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saira: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saira: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #428, and it stood at #1,512 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#428highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#428
1997	#551
1998	#561
1999	#594
2000	#485
2001	#466
2002	#513
2003	#569
2004	#565
2005	#487
2006	#580
2007	#604
2008	#608
2009	#701
2010	#758
2011	#749
2012	#722
2013	#813
2014	#794
2015	#923
2016	#1112
2017	#1105
2018	#1111
2019	#920
2020	#1065
2021	#1161
2022	#1245
2023	#1087
2024	#1097
2025	#1512

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2025.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1065 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #428 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #428 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1512 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Saira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	212	4 of 10	53
2000sbusiest	595	10 of 10	60
2010s	421	10 of 10	42
2020s	168	6 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 60 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 26, from 73 to 47.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Saira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #428 in England and Wales in 1996.

Saira's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#1512	20	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1087	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#920	39	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1111	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#923	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#794	49	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#813	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#722	56	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#749	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#758	48	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#701	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#608	61	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#604	59	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#580	59	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#487	73	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#565	55	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#569	52	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#513	58	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#466	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#485	61	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#594	44	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#561	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#551	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#428	73	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Saira is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Saira, between 1996 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#428 in 1996
Republic of Ireland	2020	1	#834 in 2020

Its high point came 24 years earlier in England and Wales (1996) than in Republic of Ireland (2020).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #428, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 73 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Saint · #403, 14y
Sairah · #1107, 29y
Saisha · #718, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jermaine · #428, 30y
Selene · #428, 29y
Gianluca · #427, 30y
Ravi · #427, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jermaine · #428, 30y
Nala · #428, 19y
Adeel · #427, 30y
Gianluca · #427, 30y

Saira was ranked #428 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alysha#424
Andrea#424
Bronwyn#428
Kerrie#428
Abbi#432
Anne#432
Elysia#432
Hafsa#432

Saira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saira without appearing here.

Saira moved ahead of

Kelly
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1087 and #1774.
Christine
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1081 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1087 and #1640.
Gemma
In 2016 they stood at #1112 and #1057 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1105 and #1568.
Jamie
In 2016 they stood at #1112 and #1057 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1105 and #1568.

Moved ahead of Saira

Amalie
In 2024 they stood at #1097 and #1128 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #1512 and #894.
Fiadh
In 2019 they stood at #920 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.
Harper
In 2011 they stood at #749 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #722 and #284.
Caoimhe
In 2024 they stood at #1097 and #1302 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #1512 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Saira

Ada
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 while Alma went from #2096 to #211.
Alyssa
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 while Alyssa went from #783 to #325.
Amalie
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 while Amalie went from #2096 to #894.

Moved the same way as Saira

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 and Abigail from #21 to #171.
Aimee
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 and Aimee from #70 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 and Aisling from #440 to #1892.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1512 and Alex from #161 to #2605.

What is known about Saira

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1996–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #428 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saira

Saira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saira appears in

Popularity data

Where Saira is officially recorded

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saira at a glance

Saira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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