Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sarai

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
quarrelsome
Princess

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sarai

Pronunciation

s(a)-rai

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #7969, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #398, 818 births); most recent 2025 (rank #424, 733 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–733
2024–699
2023–749
2022–737
2021–685
2020–650
2019–728
2018–755
2017–720
2016–645

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1235, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1512, 20 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202520
202419
202320
202222
202117
202021
201915
201827
201723
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #2917, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3930, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20235
20224
20213
20203
20195
20184
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence