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 #1,097 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#428highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

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

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 2024.

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, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #428 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1097 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
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	148	5 of 10	30

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 Waleshas 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.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. 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
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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 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.

Saima · #273, 47y
Saint · #403, 13y
Sairah · #1107, 28y
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, 29y
Selene · #428, 28y
Gianluca · #427, 29y
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, 29y
Nala · #428, 19y
Adeel · #427, 29y
Gianluca · #427, 29y

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.

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 2,573 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

Marie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1087 and #1087 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1097 and #1894.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1087 and #1774.
Christine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1081 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1087 and #1640.
Gemma Compare
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

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #920 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #749 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #722 and #284.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #923 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1112 and #768.
Saoirse Compare
In 2012 they stood at #722 and #738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #813 and #515.

Moved the opposite way to Saira

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Saira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saira went from #428 to #1097 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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 2024. 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

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Saira at a glance

Saira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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