Sarita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Sarita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Sarita mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sarita a girl's or a boy's name?
Sarita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sarita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sarita in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sarita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Sarita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Sarita, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 166 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Sarita in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sarita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,830 |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,670 |
| 1987 | 54 | #2,043 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,656 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,690 |
| 1984 | 94 | #1,307 |
| 1983 | 116 | #1,144 |
| 1982 | 124 | #1,131 |
| 1981 | 120 | #1,139 |
| 1980 | 135 | #1,053 |
| 1979 | 89 | #1,377 |
| 1978 | 90 | #1,332 |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 84 | #1,309 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,369 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,570 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,500 |
| 1970 | 82 | #1,306 |
| 1969 | 93 | #1,153 |
| 1968 | 95 | #1,090 |
| 1967 | 104 | #1,002 |
| 1966 | 163 | #769 |
| 1965 | 166 | #770 |
| 1964 | 98 | #1,103 |
| 1963 | 88 | #1,163 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 63 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 73 | #1,285 |
| 1959 | 69 | #1,291 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,281 |
| 1957 | 114 | #969 |
| 1956 | 91 | #1,075 |
| 1955 | 78 | #1,129 |
| 1954 | 61 | #1,266 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,625 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
Names like Sarita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Francesca, Melissa, Serena, Maria, Alexandra, Rebecca, Joanna, Sara, Victoria, Sabrina, Samantha
Names related to Sarita
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sarita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sarita, updated 20 October 2026.