Meaning not yet researched.
Sara: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,568 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1981; #198 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sara in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#198 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #26.
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Sara: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,568 girls in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1981 · most girls in one year: 11,359 (1981).
In 2025, 1,568 US girls were named Sara, making it the 198th most common girls’ name of the year, down 11 places from #187 in 2024. That is 44 fewer than the 1,612 girls named Sara in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #26, reached in 1981. That year also had the most girls given the name: 11,359. For comparison, it was #161 in 2015 and #147 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sara in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 165 babies with the name. In all, 437,441 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 105,120 babies named Sara.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 16,950 US girls were named Sara; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,041. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,025 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sara ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #22 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 2 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sarah (1,101,838 babies since 1880), Sarai (22,925 babies since 1880), Zara (20,930 babies since 1880) and Sarina (9,624 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Saria, Zaara and Sahira are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Dutch, English, French, Galician, Italian, Polish, Seediq, Slovene and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Saria (1,075), Zaara (794), Sahira (595), Sala (285), Zarra (123), Sayora (82), Sahyra (15), Zaura (12), Sayara (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Sara in the open dataset we use.
Sara is listed as a nickname for Sarah.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 190 | #22 | #53 |
| New York | 232 | #54 | #57 |
| Illinois | 61 | #164 | #185 |
| Florida | 101 | #173 | #164 |
| Maryland | 29 | #181 | #162 |
| Georgia | 56 | #189 | #146 |
| Alabama | 23 | #198 | #108 |
| Texas | 169 | #199 | #175 |
| California | 167 | #200 | #144 |
| Washington | 37 | #200 | #260 |
| Pennsylvania | 56 | #205 | #167 |
| North Carolina | 44 | #254 | #182 |
| Massachusetts | 23 | #260 | #119 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #267 | #266 |
| Ohio | 41 | #275 | #254 |
| Michigan | 32 | #282 | #192 |
| Virginia | 30 | #286 | #175 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #290 | — |
| Connecticut | 11 | #293 | #172 |
| South Carolina | 17 | #308 | #292 |
| Tennessee | 25 | #333 | #207 |
| Colorado | 19 | #335 | #321 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #341 | #416 |
| Iowa | 10 | #352 | #172 |
| Arizona | 19 | #370 | #240 |
| Minnesota | 15 | #374 | #320 |
| Kentucky | 12 | #380 | #258 |
| Utah | 12 | #383 | #291 |
| Missouri | 16 | #384 | #324 |
| Oregon | 10 | #387 | #257 |
| Nevada | 7 | #426 | #252 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #434 | #318 |
| Idaho | 5 | #471 | #358 |
| Kansas | 7 | #488 | #356 |
| Indiana | 14 | #508 | #371 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #650 | #216 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,568 | #198 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,612 | #187 | 5 | #13,890 |
| 2023 | 1,602 | #188 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,680 | #178 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,519 | #197 | 6 | #11,891 |
| 2020 | 1,577 | #183 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,746 | #163 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,718 | #170 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,887 | #158 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,041 | #152 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,982 | #161 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,972 | #166 | 7 | #10,529 |
| 2013 | 2,093 | #153 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,261 | #142 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,396 | #130 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,636 | #119 | 5 | #13,905 |
| 2009 | 3,044 | #106 | — | — |
| 2008 | 3,595 | #92 | 7 | #10,825 |
| 2007 | 4,024 | #80 | 5 | #14,032 |
| 2006 | 4,411 | #72 | 8 | #9,416 |
| 2005 | 4,285 | #75 | 10 | #7,552 |
| 2004 | 4,507 | #68 | 24 | #3,837 |
| 2003 | 4,764 | #65 | 5 | #12,431 |
| 2002 | 4,945 | #59 | 5 | #12,173 |
| 2001 | 5,156 | #58 | 7 | #9,058 |
| 2000 | 5,325 | #57 | 11 | #6,234 |
| 1999 | 5,626 | #50 | 14 | #4,985 |
| 1998 | 6,010 | #48 | 13 | #5,118 |
| 1997 | 6,159 | #50 | 8 | #7,159 |
| 1996 | 6,288 | #50 | 10 | #5,897 |
| 1995 | 6,697 | #48 | 8 | #6,869 |
| 1994 | 7,220 | #43 | 18 | #3,724 |
| 1993 | 7,902 | #40 | 16 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 8,443 | #37 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1991 | 8,846 | #37 | 22 | #2,972 |
| 1990 | 8,979 | #34 | 28 | #2,478 |
| 1989 | 9,706 | #29 | 50 | #1,611 |
| 1988 | 10,020 | #30 | 43 | #1,665 |
| 1987 | 10,090 | #29 | 49 | #1,479 |
| 1986 | 11,052 | #27 | 40 | #1,641 |
| 1985 | 10,562 | #30 | 46 | #1,478 |
| 1984 | 9,314 | #32 | 45 | #1,441 |
| 1983 | 10,087 | #31 | 42 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 11,344 | #28 | 47 | #1,392 |
| 1981 | 11,359 | #26 | 32 | #1,803 |
| 1980 | 11,148 | #27 | 44 | #1,445 |
| 1979 | 8,654 | #30 | 31 | #1,828 |
| 1978 | 8,869 | #28 | 31 | #1,750 |
| 1977 | 8,709 | #27 | 31 | #1,737 |
| 1976 | 8,020 | #27 | 30 | #1,742 |
| 1975 | 5,131 | #54 | 12 | #3,206 |
| 1974 | 4,650 | #61 | 19 | #2,258 |
| 1973 | 3,479 | #89 | 15 | #2,587 |
| 1972 | 3,179 | #101 | 9 | #3,563 |
| 1971 | 3,207 | #114 | 12 | #2,948 |
| 1970 | 3,060 | #126 | 12 | #2,861 |
| 1969 | 2,791 | #124 | 7 | #3,879 |
| 1968 | 2,457 | #130 | 14 | #2,291 |
| 1967 | 2,216 | #155 | 9 | #2,954 |
| 1966 | 2,059 | #167 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,973 | #178 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1964 | 2,355 | #166 | 9 | #3,016 |
| 1963 | 2,486 | #162 | 6 | #3,982 |
| 1962 | 2,472 | #163 | 8 | #3,268 |
| 1961 | 2,198 | #177 | — | — |
| 1960 | 2,037 | #186 | — | — |
| 1959 | 2,032 | #180 | 7 | #3,556 |
| 1958 | 1,991 | #184 | 5 | #4,416 |
| 1957 | 2,110 | #178 | 5 | #4,467 |
| 1956 | 2,004 | #178 | 6 | #3,873 |
| 1955 | 1,973 | #177 | — | — |
| 1954 | 2,121 | #164 | — | — |
| 1953 | 2,078 | #158 | 6 | #3,742 |
| 1952 | 2,044 | #161 | — | — |
| 1951 | 2,079 | #152 | — | — |
| 1950 | 2,059 | #147 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1949 | 1,971 | #148 | — | — |
| 1948 | 2,020 | #142 | 5 | #4,107 |
| 1947 | 2,174 | #138 | 10 | #2,649 |
| 1946 | 2,035 | #135 | 5 | #3,945 |
| 1945 | 1,803 | #135 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,903 | #136 | 8 | #2,831 |
| 1943 | 2,020 | #137 | 10 | #2,537 |
| 1942 | 2,191 | #128 | 6 | #3,512 |
| 1941 | 2,071 | #124 | 7 | #3,098 |
| 1940 | 2,087 | #122 | 9 | #2,649 |
| 1939 | 1,873 | #127 | 10 | #2,421 |
| 1938 | 1,949 | #124 | 10 | #2,460 |
| 1937 | 1,901 | #130 | 9 | #2,649 |
| 1936 | 1,823 | #129 | 12 | #2,158 |
| 1935 | 1,773 | #128 | 9 | #2,686 |
| 1934 | 1,844 | #125 | 16 | #1,845 |
| 1933 | 1,862 | #123 | 10 | #2,516 |
| 1932 | 1,759 | #130 | 10 | #2,613 |
| 1931 | 1,707 | #135 | 8 | #3,059 |
| 1930 | 1,770 | #134 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1929 | 1,748 | #133 | 11 | #2,572 |
| 1928 | 1,873 | #129 | 8 | #3,316 |
| 1927 | 1,994 | #129 | 8 | #3,407 |
| 1926 | 2,022 | #131 | 7 | #3,655 |
| 1925 | 2,032 | #133 | 5 | #4,774 |
| 1924 | 2,313 | #116 | — | — |
| 1923 | 2,185 | #123 | — | — |
| 1922 | 2,220 | #118 | 10 | #2,973 |
| 1921 | 2,350 | #115 | 6 | #4,256 |
| 1920 | 2,364 | #111 | 9 | #3,171 |
| 1919 | 2,171 | #112 | 9 | #3,085 |
| 1918 | 2,295 | #109 | 5 | #4,706 |
| 1917 | 2,147 | #107 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,992 | #109 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,913 | #106 | 9 | #2,793 |
| 1914 | 1,488 | #108 | — | — |
| 1913 | 1,121 | #114 | — | — |
| 1912 | 962 | #121 | — | — |
| 1911 | 687 | #123 | — | — |
| 1910 | 633 | #128 | — | — |
| 1909 | 559 | #127 | — | — |
| 1908 | 546 | #127 | 5 | #1,560 |
| 1907 | 494 | #134 | — | — |
| 1906 | 457 | #135 | — | — |
| 1905 | 437 | #137 | — | — |
| 1904 | 359 | #149 | — | — |
| 1903 | 333 | #155 | — | — |
| 1902 | 335 | #154 | — | — |
| 1901 | 315 | #156 | — | — |
| 1900 | 375 | #157 | — | — |
| 1899 | 323 | #146 | — | — |
| 1898 | 362 | #139 | — | — |
| 1897 | 353 | #137 | — | — |
| 1896 | 326 | #143 | — | — |
| 1895 | 363 | #127 | — | — |
| 1894 | 304 | #141 | — | — |
| 1893 | 290 | #143 | — | — |
| 1892 | 276 | #148 | — | — |
| 1891 | 260 | #138 | — | — |
| 1890 | 262 | #137 | — | — |
| 1889 | 286 | #130 | — | — |
| 1888 | 293 | #125 | — | — |
| 1887 | 214 | #129 | — | — |
| 1886 | 247 | #117 | — | — |
| 1885 | 215 | #121 | — | — |
| 1884 | 197 | #127 | — | — |
| 1883 | 183 | #118 | — | — |
| 1882 | 180 | #115 | — | — |
| 1881 | 147 | #117 | — | — |
| 1880 | 165 | #110 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).