Saraya — #2040 US girls' name
1,640 babies named Saraya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Saraya was born in this single decade.
95 babies were named Saraya in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saraya
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,640 babies named Saraya between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saraya currently holds the #2040 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 95 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saraya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 536 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Saraya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Saraya in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saraya 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 1,640 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.
Saraya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saraya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2024)
- 95
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #2040 among girls.
1,640 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 95 births in a single year.
Saraya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 536 births that decade — 33% of Saraya's all-time total
Saraya decade highlights
- Peak decade 536 births
- Runner-up 411 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saraya's strongest decade
536 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Saraya by state
Where Saraya concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 134 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 60 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 44 | 2.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 39 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.3% |
134 of 1,640 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Saraya appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2024 (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.