Saia — #8238 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Saia

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Saia between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saia currently holds the #8238 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Saia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Saia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 201 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.