Sarai
- #424 for girls in 2025, 733 births
- Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 818 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,919since 1953
Sarai over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sarai has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #424 | 733 | — | |
| 2024 | #444 | 702 | — | |
| 2023 | #408 | 749 | — | |
| 2022 | #429 | 737 | — | |
| 2021 | #458 | 685 | — | |
| 2020 | #472 | 650 | — | |
| 2019 | #437 | 728 | — | |
| 2018 | #409 | 756 | — | |
| 2017 | #440 | 720 | — | |
| 2016 | #484 | 645 | — | |
| 2015 | #438 | 722 | — | |
| 2014 | #448 | 714 | — | |
| 2013 | #419 | 725 | — | |
| 2012 | #415 | 757 | — | |
| 2011 | #443 | 701 | — | |
| 2010 | #424 | 741 | — | |
| 2009 | #401 | 786 | — | |
| 2008 | #404 | 798 | — | |
| 2007 | #398 | 818 | — | |
| 2006 | #443 | 720 | — | |
| 2005 | #463 | 656 | — | |
| 2004 | #473 | 623 | — | |
| 2003 | #464 | 642 | — | |
| 2002 | #518 | 528 | — | |
| 2001 | #547 | 480 | — | |
| 2000 | #560 | 465 | — | |
| 1999 | #564 | 446 | — | |
| 1998 | #615 | 391 | — | |
| 1997 | #600 | 377 | — | |
| 1996 | #589 | 387 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #631 | 345 | — | |
| 1994 | #730 | 285 | — | |
| 1993 | #734 | 286 | — | |
| 1992 | #797 | 253 | — | |
| 1991 | #808 | 253 | — | |
| 1990 | #881 | 220 | — | |
| 1989 | #960 | 181 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,085 | 145 | — | |
| 1987 | #960 | 166 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,129 | 128 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,081 | 134 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,389 | 85 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,374 | 89 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,555 | 74 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five girls were named Sarai! It came in at #5,673, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sarai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- District of Columbia#150 · 1 in 404
- Rhode Island#180 · 1 in 490
- Louisiana#224 · 1 in 862
- Connecticut#248 · 1 in 885
- Florida#248 · 1 in 1,127
Best ever in a state: #96 in Hawaii, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #150 | 5 | 1 in 404 |
| Rhode Island | #180 | 5 | 1 in 490 |
| Louisiana | #224 | 19 | 1 in 862 |
| Connecticut | #248 | 13 | 1 in 885 |
| Florida | #248 | 77 | 1 in 1,127 |
| New Jersey | #276 | 30 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Georgia | #305 | 34 | 1 in 1,330 |
| New York | #326 | 52 | 1 in 1,506 |
| Nevada | #328 | 8 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Massachusetts | #334 | 17 | 1 in 1,414 |
| California | #359 | 91 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Virginia | #359 | 22 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Illinois | #384 | 27 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Alabama | #391 | 12 | 1 in 1,527 |
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Maryland | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Michigan | #406 | 21 | 1 in 1,701 |
| Ohio | #416 | 27 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Texas | #435 | 77 | 1 in 2,085 |
| South Carolina | #440 | 11 | 1 in 1,663 |
| North Carolina | #442 | 25 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Pennsylvania | #452 | 23 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Arizona | #477 | 14 | 1 in 2,016 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Missouri | #516 | 11 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,119 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Washington | #679 | 9 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Tennessee | #707 | 10 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Kentucky | #744 | 5 | 1 in 3,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sarai
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 48 spots since 2020 (#472 → #424)
- Biggest jump: 169 spots in 1987
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1988
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2007 at #398 (818 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1989–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,142
- Highest: 1 in 2,142 girls born in 2023 were named Sarai (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,193 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #398 in 2007, was only 1 in 2,350 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 31.5% of all girls named Sarai (7,209) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #4,520 (1958) | #5,253 |
| 1960s | 115 | #2,789 (1968) | #4,028 |
| 1970s | 362 | #1,555 (1979) | #2,538 |
| 1980s | 1,199 | #960 (1989) | #1,215 |
| 1990s | 3,243 | #564 (1999) | #695 |
| 2000s | 6,516 | #398 (2007) | #467 |
| 2010s | 7,209 | #409 (2018) | #436 |
| 2020s | 4,256 | #408 (2023) | #439 |
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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