How Many People Are Named Sarita?
An estimated 4,145 people in the United States have the first name Sarita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Sarita peaked in popularity in 1965 with 166 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sarita 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 Sarita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,145
About 1 in 82,691 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1965
166 births
Total Registered
5,027
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sarita
Sarita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 5,027 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sarita as a female name
Ranked #5,566 in 2024
23 female births in 2024
Peak: 1965 (166 births)
Sarita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sarita span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 1,019 babies were registered. Sarita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sarita by Decade
How has Sarita 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.
Sarita by State
Birth registrations for Sarita span all 21 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, New York. The lowest are in Maryland, Kentucky, Connecticut. On average, about 101 Saritas were registered per state.
Sarita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sarita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sarita
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sarita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sarita?
We estimate approximately 4,145 people named Sarita 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 82,691 Americans share this first name.
Is Sarita a common name?
Sarita is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 5,027 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sarita most popular?
Sarita reached peak popularity in 1965, when 166 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sarita is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sarita a female name?
Sarita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sarita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sarita Smith, Sarita Johnson, Sarita 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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