How Many People Are Named Sarai?
people named Sarai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,081 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,925 babies named Sarai in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
818 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "my princess" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this was Sarah's name before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sarai in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sarai alive today is about 17 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sarai first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 2007, to 818 babies. In 2025, 733 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sarai has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #398, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #425.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #425 |
| Best rank | #398 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #437 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sarai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sarai were born in California than in any other state: about 5,065 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sarai was given 2 times as often in Hawaii, 1.7 times in California and 1.5 times in Florida.
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