NameTides

Sarai

Sarai was the #424 girls' name in the US in 2025 (733 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Sarai as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sarai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Sarai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#424 (733)#1,512 (20)#2,730 (7)
2024#444 (702)#1,603 (19)#1,833 (12)
2023#408 (749)#1,525 (20)#1,582 (14)
2022#429 (737)#1,416 (22)#1,313 (18)
2021#458 (685)#1,692 (17)#2,021 (10)
2020#472 (650)#1,449 (21)#1,758 (12)
2019#437 (728)#1,854 (15)#1,600 (14)
2018#409 (756)#1,234 (27)#1,376 (17)
2017#440 (720)#1,411 (23)#2,609 (7)
2016#484 (645)#2,120 (13)#1,690 (13)
2015#438 (722)#1,649 (18)#2,363 (8)
2014#448 (714)#2,464 (10)#1,395 (17)
2013#419 (725)#2,313 (11)#1,432 (16)
2012#415 (757)#2,095 (13)#2,921 (6)
2011#443 (701)#1,903 (14)#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #408.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sarai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sarai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #326NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #416OHPennsylvania: #452PANew Jersey: #276NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #359CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #435TXFlorida: #248FL
Sarai (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Sarai (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SaraiCanadaGirls#2,7307
SaraiEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
SaraiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SaraiUSGirls#424733
SaraiUSBoys—too few