Recorded 1978–2020 Girls' name Peak 1990 185 births

Sarit — girls' name

185 babies named Sarit in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s121980s551990s432000s492010s182020s8
1980s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Sarit was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

13 babies were named Sarit in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sarit

The Social Security Administration has registered 185 babies named Sarit between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sarit currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sarit performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sarit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sarit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sarit 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 185 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.

Sarit at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

185

Since 1978

43 years of records

Peak year

1990

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1978

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2020

Sarit popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1978

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1990)
13
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
468101214 20202009200419991992198719831978 6

Sarit by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
55 births that decade — 30% of Sarit's all-time total
1970s121980s551990s432000s492010s182020s8

Sarit by state

Where Sarit concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sarit
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
17 9.2%
New York share of Sarit's total US births 9.2%

17 of 185 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sarit?
185 babies have been named Sarit since 1978. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1990 with 13 births.
When was Sarit most popular?
Sarit was most popular in the 1980s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Sarit most popular?
The top states for the name Sarit are New York (17 births).
How long has the name Sarit been used?
Sarit has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 43 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Sarit?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sarah, Sara, Sarai, Sarina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1978–2020 (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.