Sara
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning princess; variant of Sarah.
Babies a year
427
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#198
down from #188
UK popularity
#110
427 babies · down from #97
How Sara has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #161 |
| 2016 | #151 |
| 2017 | #158 |
| 2018 | #169 |
| 2019 | #163 |
| 2020 | #183 |
| 2021 | #196 |
| 2022 | #177 |
| 2023 | #189 |
| 2024 | #188 |
| 2025 | #198 |
In 2025, 427 babies in England and Wales were named Sara. In the US, 1,872 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 11,356 in 1981.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Sara was most common in 1980, when it went to 0.63% of American babies of that sex.
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