Names / Girl names
Sarafina
Current rank
#6,078
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,759
in 1993
First recorded
1914
in U.S. data
Children named
754
since 1914
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,759 in 1993 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Sarafina makes its debut in American naming records in 1914, where it reads as a girls' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 754 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.