Saveria
A feminine name of Italian origin meaning "severe" or "watchful".
Name Census estimates that about 10 living Americans carry the first name Saveria. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Saveria today is around 34 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Saveria births was 1918 (7 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Saveria. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Saveria. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
10
~ 1 in 34,275,434 Americans
Peak year
1918
7 babies that year
Average age
34
years old
2024 SSA rank
#17,221
Tracked since 1918
Popularity
Saveria: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Saveria from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 20 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Saveria by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Saveria during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Saveria
The name Saveria is of Italian origin, derived from the Late Latin name Saverius, which itself comes from the ancient Roman family name Saverus. The root of the name can be traced back to the Latin word "severus," meaning "severe" or "strict."
Saveria was initially used as a masculine name during the medieval period in Italy, particularly in regions like Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio. It gained popularity as a female name in the 16th and 17th centuries, likely influenced by the veneration of Saint Saverio, a 16th-century Italian nun known for her piety and charitable works.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Saveria can be found in the 13th-century manuscript "Vita di San Francesco d'Assisi" (Life of Saint Francis of Assisi), where a Franciscan friar named Saverio is mentioned. Additionally, the name appears in various ecclesiastical records and chronicles from the Renaissance period in Italy.
Among the notable historical figures who bore the name Saveria, one can mention Saveria Romagnoli (1756-1832), an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna who specialized in religious and mythological subjects. Another notable bearer of the name was Saveria Deambrosis (1818-1899), an Italian nun and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, dedicated to the education of girls.
In the 19th century, Saveria Fabbri (1843-1918) was an Italian playwright and author known for her works that explored themes of social injustice and women's rights. Saveria Griffo (1851-1918) was an Italian sculptor and painter from Naples, renowned for her religious and allegorical works in marble and bronze.
Another significant figure was Saveria Tartaglia (1873-1957), an Italian mathematician and logician who made significant contributions to the field of symbolic logic and set theory.
It is worth noting that while the name Saveria was historically more common in Italy, it has also been used, albeit to a lesser extent, in other regions with Italian cultural influence, such as parts of Switzerland, Croatia, and Argentina.
People
Saveria + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Saveria as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Saveria: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Saveria?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 10 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Saveria going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 34,275,434 US residents.
Is Saveria a common name?
We classify Saveria as "Very Rare". It ranks above 28.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 42 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Saveria most popular?
The single biggest year for Saveria was 1918, when 7 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Saveria is about 34 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Saveria a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Saveria in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.