How Many People Are Named Sarai?
An estimated 21,791 people in the United States have the first name Sarai. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Sarai peaked in popularity in 2007 with 818 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sarai as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sarai paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
21,791
About 1 in 15,729 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2007
818 births
Total Registered
22,187
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sarai
Sarai is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 22,187 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sarai as a male name
Ranked #8,829 in 1996
6 male births in 1996
Peak: 1996 (6 births)
Sarai as a female name
Ranked #445 in 2024
699 female births in 2024
Peak: 2007 (818 births)
Sarai: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sarai span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 7,207 babies were registered. While Sarai is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Sarai by Decade
How has Sarai tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sarai by State
Birth registrations for Sarai span all 42 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Rhode Island, Mississippi, Idaho. On average, about 477 Sarais were registered per state.
Sarai + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sarai as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sarai
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sarai: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sarai?
We estimate approximately 21,791 people named Sarai are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 15,729 Americans share this first name.
Is Sarai a common name?
Sarai is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 22,187 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sarai most popular?
Sarai reached peak popularity in 2007, when 818 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sarai is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sarai a female name?
Sarai is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sarai Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sarai Smith, Sarai Johnson, Sarai Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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