Sarina
Feminine · “princess”
Sarina is Sara elaborated, and the Hebrew sarah means a princess — or, on the older reading, one who contends, which is what her renaming in Genesis turns on.
How old is the name Sarina?
Sarina first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Sarina alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 9,400 people named Sarina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sarina most popular?
Sarina peaked in 1996, reaching #713 nationally. Today it ranks #1733, 1,020 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
Where it comes from
From sarah to Sarina
The story of Sarina
Sarah is Abraham's wife and the mother of Isaac, renamed at the covenant. Italian and German both produced Sarina as a diminutive, and a separate Japanese Sarina exists with its own characters. Emigration brought them to America, where Sarina appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaning
princess, noblewoman
Through Sara, from the Hebrew sarah, 'princess' or 'noblewoman', from a root about ruling or contending. Genesis renames Sarai as Sarah when the covenant is made. The -ina is an Italian and German diminutive ending. The Hebrew is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- sarah
- Sara
- Sarina
Related forms: Sarina · Sarina · Sarina
Pronouncing Sarina
suh-REE-nuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Italian says sah-REE-nah with crisper vowels.
Nicknames for Sarina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 1996296 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #713reached in 1996
- Change vs 2023
- −4.9%117 in 2025, from 123
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sarina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sarina in Italian — same name
- Sarina in German — same name
- Sarina in Japanese — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Sarinas among us
people named Sarina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,737 born in 2025 was named Sarina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Collette test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sarina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Collette climbed just as high around 1966, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Collette's path sketches the road Sarina is walking now.
Sarina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sarina is headed
Sarina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sarina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sarina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The princess meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- Sari and Rina are two short forms, both names in their own right.
- It is standard in Italian, German and Japanese at once.
- Serena and Sabrina are both close enough to cause confusion.
- The Japanese Sarina is a separate name that shares the spelling.
- The -ina ending is a later addition rather than an inherited element.
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Feminine · #1733 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Sarinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,400 people named Sarina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sarina in 2025?
- Sarina ranks #1733 among US girl names in 2025, with 117 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sarina?
- About 1 in every 13,737 US girls born in 2025 was named Sarina — 117 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sarina with classmates?
- Sarina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Sarina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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