How popular is the name Sarai?

Sarai ranks 866th among girls' names in US records, with 22,431 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,144.

Is Sarai a unisex name?

No. Sarai is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2007, when 828 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#866 of girl names

Pronounced S AA1 R AA1 IY0 (ARPABET)

Sarai is a girls' name, and first appears in 1953. It has been given to 22,431 children — the 866th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2007, when 828 children were given it.

2007Girls: 828Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Sarai?: Sarai ranks 866th among girls' names in US records, with 22,431 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,144.
Is Sarai a unisex name?: No. Sarai is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sarai most popular?: 2007, when 828 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.