Saran — #9035 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Saran

The Social Security Administration has registered 643 babies named Saran between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saran currently holds the #9035 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saran performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Saran shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Saran in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saran in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 643 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.