Sara
#198 for girls in 2025, 1,568 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 11,359 births
- Debut · girls
- 165 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 436,193since 1880
Sara over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #198 | 1,568 | — | |
| 2024 | #187 | 1,612 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #188 | 1,602 | — | |
| 2022 | #178 | 1,680 | — | |
| 2021 | #197 | 1,519 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #182 | 1,577 | — | |
| 2019 | #163 | 1,746 | — | |
| 2018 | #169 | 1,718 | — | |
| 2017 | #158 | 1,887 | — | |
| 2016 | #151 | 2,041 | — | |
| 2015 | #161 | 1,982 | — | |
| 2014 | #165 | 1,972 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #153 | 2,093 | — | |
| 2012 | #142 | 2,261 | — | |
| 2011 | #130 | 2,396 | — | |
| 2010 | #119 | 2,636 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #106 | 3,044 | — | |
| 2008 | #92 | 3,595 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #80 | 4,024 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #72 | 4,411 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #75 | 4,285 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #68 | 4,507 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #65 | 4,764 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #59 | 4,945 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #58 | 5,156 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #57 | 5,325 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #50 | 5,626 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #48 | 6,010 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #50 | 6,159 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #50 | 6,288 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #48 | 6,697 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #43 | 7,220 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #40 | 7,902 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #37 | 8,443 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #37 | 8,846 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #34 | 8,979 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | #29 | 9,706 | #1,590 | 50 |
| 1988 | #30 | 10,020 | #1,645 | 43 |
| 1987 | #29 | 10,090 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #27 | 11,052 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #30 | 10,562 | #1,452 | 46 |
| 1984 | #32 | 9,314 | #1,422 | 45 |
| 1983 | #31 | 10,087 | #1,470 | 42 |
| 1982 | #28 | 11,344 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1981 | #26 | 11,359 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #27 | 11,148 | #1,432 | 44 |
| 1979 | #30 | 8,654 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #28 | 8,869 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #27 | 8,709 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #27 | 8,020 | #1,711 | 30 |
| 1975 | #54 | 5,131 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #61 | 4,650 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #89 | 3,479 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #101 | 3,179 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #114 | 3,207 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #126 | 3,060 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #124 | 2,791 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #130 | 2,457 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #155 | 2,216 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #166 | 2,059 | — | |
| 1965 | #178 | 1,973 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #166 | 2,355 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #162 | 2,486 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #163 | 2,472 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #176 | 2,198 | — | |
| 1960 | #186 | 2,037 | — | |
| 1959 | #180 | 2,032 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #184 | 1,991 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #178 | 2,110 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #178 | 2,004 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #176 | 1,973 | — | |
| 1954 | #164 | 2,121 | — | |
| 1953 | #158 | 2,078 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #160 | 2,044 | — | |
| 1951 | #152 | 2,079 | — | |
| 1950 | #147 | 2,059 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #148 | 1,971 | — | |
| 1948 | #142 | 2,020 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #138 | 2,174 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #135 | 2,035 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #135 | 1,803 | — | |
| 1944 | #136 | 1,903 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #137 | 2,020 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #128 | 2,191 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #124 | 2,071 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #121 | 2,087 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #127 | 1,873 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #124 | 1,949 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #130 | 1,901 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #128 | 1,823 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #128 | 1,773 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #125 | 1,844 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #122 | 1,862 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #130 | 1,759 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #135 | 1,707 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #134 | 1,770 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #133 | 1,748 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #129 | 1,873 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #129 | 1,994 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #131 | 2,022 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #133 | 2,032 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #116 | 2,313 | — | |
| 1923 | #123 | 2,185 | — | |
| 1922 | #118 | 2,220 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #115 | 2,350 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #111 | 2,364 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #112 | 2,171 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #109 | 2,295 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #106 | 2,147 | — | |
| 1916 | #108 | 1,992 | — | |
| 1915 | #106 | 1,913 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #108 | 1,488 | — | |
| 1913 | #114 | 1,121 | — | |
| 1912 | #121 | 962 | — | |
| 1911 | #123 | 687 | — | |
| 1910 | #128 | 633 | — | |
| 1909 | #127 | 559 | — | |
| 1908 | #127 | 546 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #134 | 494 | — | |
| 1906 | #135 | 457 | — | |
| 1905 | #137 | 437 | — | |
| 1904 | #149 | 359 | — | |
| 1903 | #155 | 333 | — | |
| 1902 | #154 | 335 | — | |
| 1901 | #156 | 315 | — | |
| 1900 | #157 | 375 | — | |
| 1899 | #146 | 323 | — | |
| 1898 | #139 | 362 | — | |
| 1897 | #137 | 353 | — | |
| 1896 | #143 | 326 | — | |
| 1895 | #127 | 363 | — | |
| 1894 | #141 | 304 | — | |
| 1893 | #143 | 290 | — | |
| 1892 | #148 | 276 | — | |
| 1891 | #138 | 260 | — | |
| 1890 | #137 | 262 | — | |
| 1889 | #129 | 286 | — | |
| 1888 | #125 | 293 | — | |
| 1887 | #128 | 214 | — | |
| 1886 | #117 | 247 | — | |
| 1885 | #121 | 215 | — | |
| 1884 | #126 | 197 | — | |
| 1883 | #116 | 183 | — | |
| 1882 | #115 | 180 | — | |
| 1881 | #117 | 147 | — | |
| 1880 | #110 | 165 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sara was already there! It came in at #110, and was given to 165 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 220 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sara
- 11 spots since 2024 (#187 → #198)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#182 → #198)
- 37 spots since 2015 (#161 → #198)
- Biggest jump: 28 spots in 1974 (#89 → #61)
- Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2020 (#163 → #182)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1981 at #26 (11,359 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1973–2008
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 147 girls born in 1981 were named Sara (0.68%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,025 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 24.0% of all girls named Sara (104,682) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,127 | #110 (1880) | #120 |
| 1890s | 3,119 | #127 (1895) | #140 |
| 1900s | 4,210 | #127 (1909) | #143 |
| 1910s | 15,409 | #106 (1917) | #114 |
| 1920s | 21,101 | #111 (1920) | #124 |
| 1930s | 18,261 | #122 (1933) | #128 |
| 1940s | 20,275 | #121 (1940) | #134 |
| 1950s | 20,491 | #147 (1950) | #168 |
| 1960s | 23,044 | #124 (1969) | #161 |
| 1970s | 56,958 | #27 (1977) | #66 |
| 1980s | 104,682 | #26 (1981) | #29 |
| 1990s | 72,170 | #34 (1990) | #44 |
| 2000s | 44,056 | #57 (2000) | #73 |
| 2010s | 20,732 | #119 (2010) | #151 |
| 2020s | 9,558 | #178 (2022) | #188 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sara in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 504 of them was named Sara, which outranked 98.0% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 202,696 of them was named Sara, which outranked 13.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 634 names at #4,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.