# Saira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,645 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,645 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,396, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 2,584 |
| 2012 | 75 | 2,471 |
| 2013 | 79 | 2,341 |
| 2014 | 72 | 2,514 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,521 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,263 |
| 2017 | 77 | 2,380 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,324 |
| 2019 | 78 | 2,326 |
| 2020 | 89 | 2,077 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,707 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,840 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2,154 |
| 2024 | 97 | 2,030 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,320 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 749 |
| 2012 | 56 | 722 |
| 2013 | 47 | 813 |
| 2014 | 49 | 794 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 31 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 39 | 920 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.