Girls' name · since 1934
Saralou
Saralou has 17 recorded births since 1934 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1934
- 1940s
- peak decade
Saralou is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1934.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saralou has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1934, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1942.
- #48,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1934
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saralou ranks #48,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1934, peaking in the 1940s.
- #48,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1934
- 1940s
- peak decade
Saralou's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saralou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saralou's full recorded timeline at 1940, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saralou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1942
- Peak year (1934)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Saralou by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
1940s was Saralou's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Saralou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Saralou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1934)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1934–1942 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saralou draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.