Saraya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saraya: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,525 in 2012, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1525highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2002	#2868
2003	#2727
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#1525
2013	#2460
2014	#3514
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#2502
2018	#3518
2019	#2458
2020	#2163
2021	#2499
2022	#2178
2023	#2063
2024	#1894

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1525 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saraya 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 Saraya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	48	9 of 10	5
2010s	94	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saraya appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1525 in England and Wales in 2012.

Saraya'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,525, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,894position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

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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Sarai · #1234, 21y
Sarayah · #2925, 13y
Sardar · #2020, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Faria · #1525, 26y
Maame · #1526, 29y
Razan · #1526, 27y
Elisheva · #1522, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Faria · #1525, 26y
Maame · #1526, 29y
Razan · #1526, 27y
Elisheva · #1522, 28y

Saraya 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 Saraya without appearing here.

Saraya moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1525 and #5876.
Josefine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1525 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1525 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Saraya

Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2746 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #809.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2746 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Saraya

Josefine Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Saraya went from #3900 to #2063 while Josefine went from #3225 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Saraya

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saraya went from #3900 to #1894 and Frida from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saraya went from #3900 to #1894 and Meabh from #3225 to #952.
Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Saraya went from #2411 to #3518 and Finlay from #1234 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Saraya went from #2411 to #3518 and Helene from #1802 to #4684.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1525 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saraya

Saraya at a glance

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Popularity journey

Saraya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Saraya at a glance

Saraya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Saraya and the names beside it

Saraya moved ahead of

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