Saraiah — #8200 US girls' name
278 babies named Saraiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Saraiah was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Saraiah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saraiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Saraiah between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saraiah currently holds the #8200 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saraiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saraiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Saraiah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saraiah 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 278 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.
Saraiah at a glance
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Current rank
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Saraiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2011)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #8200 among girls.
278 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 18 births in a single year.
Saraiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 132 births that decade — 47% of Saraiah's all-time total
Saraiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 132 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saraiah's strongest decade
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Saraiah by state
Where Saraiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 278 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.