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Sarai

Girl · SAIR-eye · Hebrew

Sarai is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my princess”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 424th for girls in the US (733 babies).

What does Sarai mean?

Hebrew

“my princess”

Sarai was the original name of Sarah, wife of Abraham, before God renamed her in Genesis.

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Is Sarai a girl's or a boy's name?

Sarai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 733 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sarai in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,570among girls
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 14,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Sarai, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 27 girls.

Half of all the girls named Sarai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 27 in 20182025
Sarai in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#1,570
202419#1,662
202320#1,611
202222#1,485
202117#1,794
202022#1,480
201915#1,958
201827#1,298
201724#1,455
201613#2,224
201518#1,739
201410#2,618
201311#2,454
201213#2,210
201114#2,032
20109#2,741
200912#2,153
200812#2,156
200719#1,477
200610#2,263
20055#3,543
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19976#2,552

How popular is Sarai in the US?

Rank in 2025
#424among girls
Babies in 2025
733about 1 in 2,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 733 girls in the US were named Sarai, making it the 424th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 472nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 818 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.

Half of all the girls named Sarai in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1953Busiest: 818 in 20072025
Sarai in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025733#424
2024702#444
2023749#408
2022737#429
2021685#458
2020650#472
2019728#437
2018756#409
2017720#440
2016645#484
2015722#438
2014714#448
2013725#419
2012757#415
2011701#443
2010741#424
2009786#401
2008798#404
2007818#398
2006720#443
2005656#463
2004623#473
2003642#464
2002528#518
2001480#547
2000465#560
1999446#564
1998391#615
1997377#600
1996387#589
1995345#631
1994285#729
1993286#733
1992253#795
1991253#806
1990220#879
1989181#957
1988145#1,084
1987166#960
1986128#1,129
1985134#1,081
1984108#1,205
198385#1,389
198289#1,374
198179#1,515
198084#1,448
197974#1,555
197846#2,050
197756#1,801
197643#2,027
197530#2,565
197432#2,396
197319#3,341
197225#2,747
197116#3,787
197021#3,110
196916#3,460
196821#2,789
196715#3,339
196614#3,399
196512#3,732
196416#3,243
19639#4,538
19625#6,577
19610–
19607#5,167
19596#5,565
19588#4,519
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19535#5,672

Names like Sarai

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Sarai

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