Saiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Saiah by the numbers

Saiah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Saiah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Saiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
  • Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
  • Samiahelevated; lofty; sublime52 in the US (2017)
  • Safahclarity; purity19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Samahgenerosity; magnanimity13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sanahbrightness; radiance10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Saiah

Names that are said the same way as Saiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Sayafine sand or yarn10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saia19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Saiah

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