Girl’s name · Arabic, French

Saïna

How to say it: sa-EE-na · /saˈina/

Variant of Zaina meaning 'beautiful, graceful' - modern French respelling used as feminine name.

Saïna was the 4,858th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 19 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are down about 38% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #4,899 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#4,858for girls in 2025
1 in 174,491US babies
19born in 2025
#4,899projected for 2030
2010sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Saïna
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#4,858
Babies born in 202519
Share of births1 in 174,491
Peak decade2010s
Change over 10 years−38%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#4,899
In France, 2025#806 among girls’ names, 35 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Saïna is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 14 per million births, 2010s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Sai
  • Nana

Honouring a Saïna in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Saïna is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, English, French, Hindi.

In France: #806 for girls in 2025.

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