Sarkis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sar-KEES
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Sarkis is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Sarkis mean?
Latin: Armenian form of Sergius, a Roman family name
Saint Sarkis the Warrior is a popular saint in the Armenian Church.
Is Sarkis a girl's or a boy's name?
Sarkis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sarkis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Sarkis, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1992, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Sarkis in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sarkis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Sarkis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin Silas Davis Santino Lucas Simon Titus Soren Jacob Noah Julian Samuel
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Sarkis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sarkis, updated 20 October 2026.