girl's name

Sarajane

  • Origin Portuguese
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 817

Scotland

#750

as Sara-Jane, 2007

Sarajane is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Sarajane is a name of Portuguese origin.
  • Peaked in 1943, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.

Sarajane over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Sarajane by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 46
1930s 54
1940s 141
1950s 55
1960s 89
1970s 63
1980s 112
1990s 77
2000s 48
2010s (to 2016) 23

How popular is Sarajane?

In 2016, Sarajane was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Sarajane is used

Scotland as Sara-Jane #750 3 in 2007
England & Wales as Sara-Jane #2,756 5 in 1997
Canada as Sara-Jane #3,253 5 in 2012
United States #12,114 8 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Sarajane is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Sara-Jane Sara-Jane is Sarajane written with a hyphen, used in England and Wales, where it ranks #2,756. 104

Names that peaked alongside Sarajane

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Sarajane also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sarajane over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Sarajane

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sarajane — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sarajane

How popular is the name Sarajane?

In 2016, Sarajane was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Sarajane a girl's or a boy's name?

Sarajane is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sarajane most popular?

Sarajane peaked in 1943, when 18 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1940s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.