Sarahi
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Meaning
“Spanish elaboration of Sarah, meaning princess”
The story
Sarahi is a Spanish-language elaboration of Sarah, the biblical matriarch whose Hebrew name is traditionally rendered princess, with the stress falling on the final syllable and the accent often written: Sarahí. The ending belongs to a Latin American taste for extending classic names into something more melodic, and the result keeps every association of Sarah while sounding unmistakably Spanish. It is well established in Mexico and Central America and among Mexican-American families. The US curve appears in the 1980s and holds its highest band from the 2000s through the 2020s. Sara and Sarah remain the natural short forms, which gives a bilingual child a built-in code switch: Sarahi at home, Sara anywhere else. The name is an heirloom with a flourish added, which is a fair definition of Latin American naming at its best.
How popular is Sarahi around the world?
In the United States, 1,552 babies were named Sarahi between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 124 registrations of Sarahi in 2022.
Sarahi is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Montevideo, Chile, Spain and Brazil.
United States
1 in 14,000
In the United States, 1,552 babies were named Sarahi between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sarahi peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Mexico City City
1 in 950
In Mexico City, there were 124 registrations of Sarahi in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (5 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
1 in 2,200
In Argentina, 296 newborns were given the name Sarahi in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Puerto Rico
1 in 3,600
In Puerto Rico, 5 babies were named Sarahi in 2025, and 53 have carried the name since 1998.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Montevideo City
1 in 25,0002011
In Montevideo, 1 girl named Sarahi was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Chile
1 in 45,000
In Chile, 4 girls were registered as Sarahi in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Spain
1 in 350,000
In Spain, 128 residents are named Sarahi, ranked 6,385th among women, with a mean age of 30 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 46 people in Brazil were named Sarahi, ranked 70,533rd, with a median age of 14.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Not on the record in England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Sarahi
Most people given the name Sarahi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Sarahi deep dive
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