Saya is a Japanese name that can be written with many different kanji; the most common choices use sa, "sand" or "silk gauze", together with a phonetic second character, and the same syllables also form the Japanese word for a sword's "sheath". It is also a short form of Sayaka and Sayuri. In the United States Saya stood at number 6431 in 2000, reached number 2042 in 2010 and stands at number 2891 in 2025 with 59 births.