Sarai

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sarai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sarai: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,234 in 2018, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1234highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
2005	#3382
2006	#2320
2007	#1384
2008	#2022
2009	#2148
2010	#2589
2011	#1903
2012	#2095
2013	#2313
2014	#2464
2015	#1649
2016	#2120
2017	#1411
2018	#1234
2019	#1854
2020	#1449
2021	#1692
2022	#1416
2023	#1525
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1234 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sarai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sarai in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	56	5 of 10	11
2010s	153	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	99	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sarai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1234 in England and Wales in 2018.

Sarai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1449	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,234, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 201825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sarah-Jayne · #301, 17y
Sarah-Louise · #186, 20y
Saraya · #1525, 26y
Sarayah · #2925, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ariba · #1234, 26y
Nasreen · #1234, 26y
Rubina · #1234, 24y
Sonam · #1234, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ariba · #1234, 26y
Elisia · #1234, 29y
Marya · #1234, 29y
Nasreen · #1234, 26y

Sarai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sarai without appearing here.

Sarai moved ahead of

Lorraine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2464 and #2464 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1649 and #4736.
Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1903 and #4764.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #5061.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2095 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2313 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Sarai

Beau Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #473.
Amalie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2411 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #931.
Mila Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #931.
Ida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2411 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #1243.

Moved the opposite way to Sarai

Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #2411 to #1234 while Finlay went from #1234 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #2411 to #1234 while Helene went from #1802 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #2411 to #1234 while Jayden went from #2411 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #2411 to #1234 while Kristy went from #604 to #5666.

Moved the same way as Sarai

Dylan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #3382 to #1603 and Dylan from #3970 to #1743.
Frida Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #3382 to #1603 and Frida from #1934 to #811.
Harper Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarai went from #3382 to #1603 and Harper from #2682 to #22.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1234 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sarai

Sarai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sarai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sarai at a glance

Sarai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sarai and the names beside it

Sarai moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sarai

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