Fun Facts About the Name Sari
- More than 3 thousand babies named Sari: U.S. records list 3,412 babies given the name Sari from 1880 through 2025. Even 40 boys received the name Sari - about 1 boy for every 84 girls.
What Does the Name Sari Mean?
Sari has two independent origins. In Finnish and Estonian it is a form of Sarah, from the Hebrew שָׂרָה (Sarah), which is built on the root sar, "prince" or "ruler"; with its feminine ending the customary meaning is "princess," or more loosely "lady." In Indonesian and Malay, sari is an everyday word for "essence," "core," or "nectar," borrowed from Sanskrit sāra, and it is used as a name in that sense. The Hungarian Sári is a pet form of Sára, the Hungarian form of Sarah, and so shares the Hebrew meaning rather than the Sanskrit one.
Sari Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Sarah is borne by the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the book of Genesis, where she is first called Sarai (שָׂרַי) and later renamed Sarah. The name passed into Greek as Σάρρα and Latin as Sara, and from those forms into most European languages. Finnish and Estonian took Sari as a shortened form of Sara; it became a common name for girls in Finland in the middle decades of the 20th century and is also used in Estonia. Hungarian keeps Sári as a diminutive of Sára, pronounced with an initial "sh" sound, so the Hungarian form and the Finnish form look alike on paper but differ in sound.
In Indonesia and Malaysia, sari came into naming from the ordinary word for the concentrated essence of a substance, and by extension for nectar or the choicest part of something. Sanskrit vocabulary reached the region through centuries of trade and through Old Javanese literature, and sari appears both as a stand-alone name and inside longer compound names. Its source word, Sanskrit sāra, is not the same as the separate Sanskrit element śrī (as in Sri), which carries senses of prosperity and radiance; the two are often confused because they sound similar in modern Indonesian and Malay.
Names that resemble Sari but are unrelated include the Turkish sarı, "yellow," which is used as a surname and nickname rather than a given name, and the English word sari for the South Asian garment, which comes from a different Sanskrit source.
How Popular is the Name Sari?
Sari has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #1,310 in 1956.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,784 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #6,858 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #6,363 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #9,564 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #6,130 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,818 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #4,754 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #6,745 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #7,048 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #5,953 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #4,700 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2014 | #6,403 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #5,291 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #3,699 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #3,168 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2010 | #4,014 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #4,661 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #3,466 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #2,781 | 66 | 0.0034% |
| 2006 | #3,662 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2005 | #3,494 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #3,888 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #4,194 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #4,600 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #4,542 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #3,870 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #3,301 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #3,342 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1997 | #3,091 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1996 | #3,918 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #3,567 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #3,291 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #3,755 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #3,258 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1991 | #3,080 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1990 | #2,457 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1989 | #2,803 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1988 | #2,522 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 1987 | #2,355 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1986 | #3,035 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1985 | #2,129 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 1984 | #2,508 | 38 | 0.0023% |
| 1983 | #2,127 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1982 | #2,074 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 1981 | #2,186 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1980 | #2,179 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1979 | #1,909 | 55 | 0.0034% |
| 1978 | #1,912 | 52 | 0.0034% |
| 1977 | #1,996 | 49 | 0.0032% |
| 1976 | #1,832 | 51 | 0.0035% |
| 1975 | #1,800 | 52 | 0.0036% |
| 1974 | #1,932 | 45 | 0.0031% |
| 1973 | #1,854 | 46 | 0.0032% |
| 1972 | #2,164 | 36 | 0.0024% |
| 1971 | #1,851 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 1970 | #1,717 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1969 | #1,802 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1968 | #2,282 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 1967 | #1,697 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 1966 | #1,663 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 1965 | #1,433 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 1964 | #1,775 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 1963 | #1,644 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 1962 | #1,775 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 1961 | #1,625 | 49 | 0.0024% |
| 1960 | #1,382 | 64 | 0.0032% |
| 1959 | #1,611 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 1958 | #1,585 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 1957 | #1,321 | 65 | 0.0032% |
| 1956 | #1,310 | 64 | 0.0032% |
| 1955 | #1,440 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1954 | #1,365 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 1953 | #1,639 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1952 | #1,415 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1951 | #1,355 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1950 | #1,569 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1949 | #1,688 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1948 | #2,177 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1947 | #2,186 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1946 | #2,720 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1945 | #2,576 | 13 | 0.0010% |
| 1944 | #2,607 | 13 | 0.0010% |
| 1943 | #2,142 | 18 | 0.0013% |
| 1942 | #2,105 | 18 | 0.0013% |
| 1941 | #2,179 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1940 | #3,175 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1939 | #2,894 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1938 | #4,901 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #3,115 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #3,067 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1935 | #2,418 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1934 | #2,711 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1933 | #2,039 | 16 | 0.0016% |
| 1932 | #2,809 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #4,494 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #5,674 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1920 | #5,654 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1919 | #2,619 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1918 | #3,804 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #2,852 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1916 | #2,803 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1915 | #3,741 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1912 | #2,918 | 6 | 0.0011% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | #11,972 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #10,538 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #13,701 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #14,247 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1994 | #8,612 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #9,367 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1990 | #7,940 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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