Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Saray

#4,048 most common girls' name of all time · #6,908 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#4,048
Rank overall
#6,908 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
2,331
Since 2016
403
Peak year
2007 #1,780
Best rank
#1,780 2007
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
198020002020

Saray first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 43 — 43 #3,550
2024 40 — 40 #3,784
2023 32 — 32 #4,399
2022 33 — 33 #4,329
2021 46 — 46 #3,413
2020 47 — 47 #3,314
2019 38 — 38 #3,880
2018 43 — 43 #3,581
2017 43 — 43 #3,579
2016 38 — 38 #3,957
2015 50 — 50 #3,274
2014 48 — 48 #3,350
2013 48 — 48 #3,340
2012 55 — 55 #3,072
2011 51 — 51 #3,240
2010 85 — 85 #2,267
2009 94 — 94 #2,144
2008 89 — 89 #2,225
2007 121 — 121 #1,780
2006 105 — 105 #1,927
2005 102 — 102 #1,905
2004 92 — 92 #2,011
2003 96 — 96 #1,909
2002 90 — 90 #1,965
2001 90 — 90 #1,933
2000 86 — 86 #1,962
1999 61 — 61 #2,418
1998 55 — 55 #2,522
1997 48 — 48 #2,651
1996 72 — 72 #1,975
1995 34 — 34 #3,337
1994 45 — 45 #2,733
1993 41 — 41 #2,928
1992 46 — 46 #2,679
1991 34 — 34 #3,280
1990 30 — 30 #3,599
1989 18 — 18 #4,992
1988 32 — 32 #3,151
1987 14 — 14 #5,528
1986 12 — 12 #6,042
1985 14 — 14 #5,281
1984 13 — 13 #5,478
1983 10 — 10 #6,593
1982 11 — 11 #6,261
1981 5 — 5 #11,476
1980 7 — 7 #8,827
1979 6 — 6 #9,805
1978 6 — 6 #9,401
1976 7 — 7 #8,021
1974 5 — 5 #10,139