Girls' name · since 2002
Saiya
Saiya has 469 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,514 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 469
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saiya currently ranks #5514 among girls' names in America, with 469 babies recorded since 2002.
Saiya has 469 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5514 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #12,333 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,514 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 469 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saiya ranks #12,333 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,514 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 469 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,514 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 469
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saiya's 469 recorded births place it above 82.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Saiya compares
469 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saiya's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 469 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saiya's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 41, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Saiya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (225 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Saiya's strongest decade.
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Saiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
225 births
- 2020s
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 225 births (48% of all-time use).
Saiya by state
Where Saiya concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 79 | 16.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 2.1% |
79 of 469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Saiya's data
- Saiya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (225 total births) through the 2020s (153) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Saiyas (79 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saiya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.