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
Census
Saveria in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 168 people with the first name Saveria, which placed it at #42,627 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#42,627
National first-name rank
People counted
168
168 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
86.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Saveria
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Saveria is White at 86.3%. The next largest groups are Black (6.0%) and Hispanic (4.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Saveria described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Saveria at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White86.3% · 145
- Black or African American6.0% · 10
- Hispanic or Latino4.2% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.8% · 3
- Two or more races1.2% · 2
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 1
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.
How common was Saveria in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 168 people with the name Saveria, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #42,627 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Saveria in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Saveria?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Saveria leans strongly female. 165 people counted with this name were female (97.1%), compared with 5 male bearers (2.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Saveria?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Saveria is White at 86.3%. The next largest groups are Black (6.0%) and Hispanic (4.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Saveria most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Saveria in the 2020 Census, accounting for 86.3% (145 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Saveria in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Saveria still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Saveria in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Saveria can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people are named Saveria?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people have the name Saveria at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.