Saya — #3342 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Saya

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,246 babies named Saya between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saya currently holds the #3342 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 672 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 194 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Saya in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saya 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 1,246 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.