# Sarita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sarita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,046 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,046 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 68, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सरिता (saritā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 5,041 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,831 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,983 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,405 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,684 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,549 |
| 2017 | 21 | 6,011 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,706 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,590 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,290 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,716 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,776 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,580 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,586 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,281 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Sarita

- Sarita Choudhury, British actress
- Sarita Adve, computer scientist and professor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.