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Sarai and Sarah side by side: Sarai peaked in 2007 and Sarah in 1982; in 2025 they were given to 733 and 2,710 babies.

Sarai and Sarah, year by year

Babies given each name per year
Sarai and Sarah births by year10k20k30k18801900192019401960198020002025SarahSarai
Sarai and Sarah births by year10k20k30k18801900192019401960198020002025SarahSarai
Sarai and Sarah births by year10k20k30k1880190519301955198020052025SarahSarai
Sarai and Sarah births by year10k20k30k1880193019802025SarahSarai

Girls and boys together; Sarai solid, Sarah dashed.

Sarai and Sarah compared
SaraiSarah
Births 20257332,710
Rank 2025#425 among girls’ names#90 among girls’ names
Recorded since 188022,9251,101,838
Peak year20071982
Girls100.0%99.7%
Alive, estimated22,600886,000
Median age1638

Both names: SSA national file, published May 8, 2026, and SSA’s cohort life tables.

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