Sary — unisex name
73 babies named Sary in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Sary was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sary in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sary
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Sary between 1960 and 2020, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sary currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Sary is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sary performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sary 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 73 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.
Sary at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sary popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1960
- Peak year (1985)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
73 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 9 births in a single year.
Sary popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1987 (Sary as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sary accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sary by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 35 births that decade — 48% of Sary's all-time total
Sary decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sary's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1960–2020 (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.