Sarahi vs Sariyah
American parents have registered 8,204 Sarahis since 1880, against 6,500 Sariyahs. But in 2025 it was Sariyah that was commoner, 468 babies to 287.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Sarahi Sariyah
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 45 years in which either name was published, Sarahi for 34 years and Sariyah for 11 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Sarahi | Sariyah | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 8,204 | 6,500 |
| Most in one year | 323 | 518 |
| Babies in 2025 | 287 | 468 |
| Estimated living today | 8,100 | 6,500 |
| Median age today | 15 | 7 |
| Peak year | 2005 | 2023 |
| Best rank | 800th girls | 577th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 914th | 624th |
| First recorded | 1981 | 1998 |
| Girls / boys | 8,204 / 0 | 6,500 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Sarahis alive today are over 15; half the Sariyahs are over 7. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Sarahi Arizona (4.5×), California (3.8×), Texas (3.6×)
- Sariyah Florida (3.5×), Georgia (3.4×), North Carolina (2.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Sarahi and Sariyah.