Sarya

#9,362 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sarya has been given to 227 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #9,362 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Sarya, 2025

1 in 301,000

Sarya over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sarya: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sarya means

Sarya is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sarya is used in Northern Kurdish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Northern Kurdish, Sarya is pronounced /sɑːɾˈjɑː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 227 girls were recorded with the name Sarya between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2007; its best national rank was #7,678 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,240 in 2020 to #9,362 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,812 in 2015 to #9,362 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sarya?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,362; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sarya sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sarya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Saryas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sarya was born before 2013 — so the typical Sarya is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 41.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 227; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 41.9% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Sarya rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,595; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,878; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,450; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.38×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 64.7%; Peak was 2007 (17)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,678; 2007

Spellings of Sarya

Sarya is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 51.2% against Sarya's <0.01%.

Mary51.2%4,141,481
Sarah13.6%1,098,498
Maria7.0%566,111
Sara5.4%436,193
Tara2.2%175,812
Carla1.9%150,390
Maya1.5%123,587
Tanya1.4%116,855

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sarya around the world

Where Sarya ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2007–2025
#4,867
in 2025
France
2001–2025
#3,694
in 2025
Canada
2023–2023
#3,391
in 2023
South Australia
1994–1994
#716
in 1994

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sarya by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,362
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,878
Best rank ever: #7,678; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 17 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 227
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Sarya

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sarit Saryn Sarin Sarae Sareen Saroya Sarabi Sargun Saran Sarra Saraia Saron Saryiah Saria Sareya Surya Sarann Saraiah Saren Saree Saraiya Saryah Sarayu Sarang

Sibling names for Sarya

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Rhianna Jaiden Jazmyne Taniya Madisen Alysa Lesli

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Zakary

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