Sarafina
- #5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 754since 1914
Sarafina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sarafina has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
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| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Sarafina! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sarafina is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sarafina in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #5,917)
- 1,295 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #5,917)
- 804 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #5,917)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1993 at #2,725 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 41,115
- Highest: 1 in 41,115 girls born in 1993 were named Sarafina (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 29.0% of all girls named Sarafina (219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,188 (1914) | #3,999 |
| 1920s | 16 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,691 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,848 (1931) | #3,848 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,563 (1952) | #5,563 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 41 | #4,522 (1989) | #6,833 |
| 1990s | 219 | #2,725 (1993) | #5,420 |
| 2000s | 162 | #6,125 (2006) | #7,314 |
| 2010s | 198 | #4,889 (2018) | #6,504 |
| 2020s | 96 | #5,917 (2025) | #7,044 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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