girls:
188 births since 2002
#5528 (3rd percentile)
boys:
13 births since 2015
#4573 (0th percentile)
overall:
201 births since 2002
#7538 (3rd percentile)
The name Saia is the #7,538 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 201 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,528 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 188 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,573 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 2015.
Saia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for girls and 2015 for boys). Birth data for Saia is available in 19 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Saia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Saia reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #944) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Saia ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 79.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Saia reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #912) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Saia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Saia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Saya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Saya..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Saia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Saia is pronounced as SAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAH-yuh, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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