first name
SARAI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,137 people named Sarai, 72.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16% as Black and 7.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sarai peaked in 2007, when 818 babies got the name.
At least 22,925 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sarai by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #857. The largest share of babies named Sarai, 43.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sarai is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sarai has been most common in Nevada (3.2×), Florida (2.5×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Kentucky (0.12×).
20,755 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sarai
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sarai, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sarai ranks #66,338 of 156,621, with 322 people. See Sarai as a last name
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