Sarath — boys' name
46 babies named Sarath in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Sarath was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sarath in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sarath
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Sarath between 1984 and 1989, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sarath currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Sarath is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sarath performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sarath in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sarath 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 46 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.
Sarath at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sarath popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1984
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
46 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 10 births in a single year.
Sarath popularity over time — girls
20 total births recorded since 1986 (Sarath as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Sarath accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sarath by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 46 births that decade — 100% of Sarath's all-time total
Sarath decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sarath's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Sarath by state
Where Sarath concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 21.7% |
10 of 46 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 21.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 21.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.