How rare is the name Sari?

3,687 people in the United States have the first name Sari, about 1 in 81,918. It ranks #4,867 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SARI

#4,867

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,687
About
1 in 81,918
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,687 people named Sari, 74.8% reported their origin as White, 10.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 93.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sari peaked in 2007, when 66 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
66
In 2025*
12 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,412 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Sari by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,416. The largest share of babies named Sari, 24.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#5,53056
1920s#12,17210
1930s#4,98790
1940s#3,659175
1950s#2,416495
1960s#2,670476
1970s#3,025487
1980s#3,748438
1990s#5,175377
2000s#6,311394
2010s#7,750314
2020s#11,649100
Greatest Generation 1901–271.9%
Silent Generation 1928–455.2%
Baby boom 1946–6424.4%
Generation X 1965–8022.3%
Millennials 1981–9619.1%
Generation Z 1997–1218.8%
2013 and later8.2%

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 Sari is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sari has been most common in New York (8.1×), Illinois (2.3×), and California (1.3×), and least common in Florida (0.76×).

1,184 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.

Exactly as common as Sari

1 other first name also has 3,687 people.

#4,867 Echo · 3,687

Either side of Sari

#4,866 Cassondra · 3,688#4,867 Echo · 3,687#4,869 Fadi · 3,686#4,870 Anitra · 3,684

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sari, most common first.

#120 Sara · 384,257#1,705 Sarai · 18,137#11,553 Saria · 1,104#11,808 Saori · 1,071#16,419 Sary · 687#19,735 Sar · 532#23,767 Saro · 410#33,571 Sarie · 246

Also a last name

As a last name, Sari ranks #24,743 of 156,621, with 1,052 people. See Sari as a last name

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