The name Sarai is of Hebrew origin, and means contentious.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sarai has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Sarai
Use of the Name Sarai for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
6,312
6,312
6,312
4,672
2,727
1,255
617
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sarai has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Sarai first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1987, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Sarai
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1987
966
164
1988
1989
976
178
1990
881
221
1991
809
253
1992
797
254
1993
737
285
1994
733
285
1995
631
345
1996
589
387
1997
603
376
1998
616
391
1999
563
446
2000
560
465
2001
546
480
2002
516
527
2003
465
638
2004
471
617
Totals:
6,312
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sarai as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Sarai appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 17 times during the last 125 years.