Sari
Sari was given to 12 girls in 2025, #8,782 among girls’ names; 3,412 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,980 Americans named Sari and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 25 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sari by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sari mean?
Wiktionary, Finnish section
Sari is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “Sarah” (Saara).
Variant of Saara (“Sarah”), rhyming with other popular 1960s names, Ari, Jari and Mari. Other possible sources are the place name Sariola in the Kalevala, and Hungarian Sári (a pet form of Sára).
/ˈsɑri/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Finnish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sari?
#8,782 among girls’ names, 2025
Sari fell from #4,699 in 2015 to #8,782 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 16.8 to 7.5 per million.
66 babies in 2007, the peak
Sari peaked in 2007, when 66 girls were given it, #2,781 among girls’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,782 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,884 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,368 | 11.8 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,569 | 6.7 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,133 | 12.2 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,817 | 13.0 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,754 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,741 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 17 | #7,047 | 9.8 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,951 | 12.4 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #4,699 | 16.8 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,402 | 11.2 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,289 | 14.8 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,698 | 24.4 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,167 | 30.1 |
| 2010 | 38 | #4,014 | 21.4 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,660 | 17.4 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,467 | 25.4 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,781 | 34.3 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,607 | 23.1 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,490 | 23.3 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,884 | 20.1 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,190 | 17.5 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,596 | 15.0 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,537 | 15.0 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,865 | 18.2 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,298 | 22.0 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,339 | 20.9 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,088 | 22.4 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,914 | 16.0 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,562 | 17.6 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,286 | 19.6 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,750 | 16.0 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,253 | 19.0 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,074 | 19.7 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,452 | 26.3 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,797 | 21.7 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,517 | 24.1 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,353 | 25.9 |
| 1986 | 31 | #3,033 | 18.1 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,128 | 29.1 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,507 | 22.6 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,126 | 28.1 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,074 | 29.5 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,186 | 28.2 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,179 | 28.3 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,909 | 34.3 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,912 | 33.9 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,996 | 32.0 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,833 | 34.8 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,833 | 35.0 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,932 | 30.7 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,854 | 31.5 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,164 | 23.7 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,851 | 28.8 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,717 | 30.9 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,802 | 27.9 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,282 | 17.7 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,697 | 27.9 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,663 | 27.2 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,433 | 34.0 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,775 | 23.2 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,644 | 25.4 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,774 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,623 | 24.3 |
| 1960 | 64 | #1,381 | 31.7 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,610 | 22.7 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,584 | 22.9 |
| 1957 | 65 | #1,320 | 31.8 |
| 1956 | 64 | #1,309 | 31.9 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,439 | 25.6 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,364 | 28.3 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,638 | 19.7 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,414 | 25.9 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,355 | 26.7 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,568 | 21.0 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,687 | 18.7 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,176 | 12.4 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,185 | 11.8 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,719 | 8.9 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,575 | 9.9 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,606 | 9.8 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,141 | 12.9 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,104 | 13.3 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,178 | 13.2 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,173 | 7.9 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,892 | 9.1 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,899 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,114 | 8.5 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,065 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,417 | 12.4 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,710 | 10.5 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,038 | 15.9 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,807 | 10.3 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,491 | 5.3 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,672 | 4.2 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,652 | 4.2 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,619 | 11.5 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,802 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,851 | 10.2 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,802 | 10.5 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,739 | 7.1 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,916 | 10.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sari a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,412 Americans recorded as Sari, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 12 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sari: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sari, and how old are they?
2,980 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 3,412 Americans ever recorded as Sari. The median Sari alive today is 44 years old; half are between 25 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 3,687 people named Sari (3,442 women and girls, 245 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,991 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 64 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 659 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 707 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 634 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 636 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 278 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sari born?
The states with the most babies named Sari are New York, California and Illinois, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 744 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| California | 160 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 136 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 43 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 31 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Wisconsin | 8 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Connecticut | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Sari is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sari is most over-represented in New York: since 1912 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sari with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,589,390 babies since 1880, Sari is the seventh most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 12 of their 5,703 babies (<1%), the eighth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sari
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sari and names like it
- Compare Sari and SarahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sSari peaked in 2007.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sari since 1910.
- Finnish namesWiktionary’s origin for Sari: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Sari.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Sari alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.