Meaning not yet researched.
Sarah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,710 in 2025. Its best rank was #3 in 1993.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3 in 1993; #90 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sarah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#90 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1993, at #3.
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Sarah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,710 girls in 2025. Peak: #3 in 1993 · most girls in one year: 28,483 (1982).
In 2025, 2,710 US girls were named Sarah, making it the 90th most common girls’ name of the year, up 3 places from #93 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 2,719 girls named Sarah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3, reached in 1993. The most girls given the name in a single year was 28,483, in 1982. For comparison, it was #57 in 2015 and #88 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sarah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,288 babies with the name. In all, 1,101,838 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 273,757 babies named Sarah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 32,515 US girls were named Sarah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,429. In 2025 that was about 1 in 593 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sarah ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #17 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 9 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sara (437,441 babies since 1880), Zara (20,930 babies since 1880), Zahra (9,395 babies since 1880) and Zarah (2,957 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sarrah, Sarahy and Sahra are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sadie, Sally and Sara.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French, German, Hausa, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sarrah (1,636), Sarahy (947), Sahra (874), Sarayu (679), Sarra (668), Sarayah (662), Sarae (464), Zahrah (411), Saara (392), Zarai (371), Zairah (293), Zarahi (292), and more.
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 390 | #17 | #16 |
| New Jersey | 173 | #31 | #27 |
| Maryland | 56 | #64 | #42 |
| Florida | 235 | #65 | #41 |
| Vermont | 6 | #74 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 107 | #87 | #48 |
| Connecticut | 30 | #92 | #43 |
| Massachusetts | 62 | #92 | #61 |
| Georgia | 91 | #94 | #35 |
| South Carolina | 42 | #102 | #44 |
| Wyoming | 5 | #102 | #127 |
| Texas | 277 | #103 | #57 |
| Alabama | 43 | #104 | #45 |
| Alaska | 7 | #109 | #75 |
| Virginia | 65 | #111 | #56 |
| North Carolina | 87 | #115 | #56 |
| Illinois | 80 | #115 | #80 |
| Missouri | 49 | #118 | #86 |
| California | 244 | #122 | #69 |
| Kentucky | 36 | #123 | #60 |
| Ohio | 80 | #136 | #95 |
| Colorado | 41 | #137 | #122 |
| Washington | 48 | #148 | #90 |
| Arkansas | 20 | #150 | #131 |
| Iowa | 22 | #151 | #118 |
| Oregon | 24 | #152 | #71 |
| Tennessee | 50 | #154 | #54 |
| Kansas | 22 | #155 | #113 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #157 | #179 |
| Mississippi | 15 | #178 | #61 |
| Arizona | 37 | #181 | #85 |
| Michigan | 48 | #187 | #81 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #188 | #72 |
| Idaho | 12 | #189 | #69 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #209 | #171 |
| Louisiana | 21 | #211 | #87 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #213 | #74 |
| Utah | 22 | #219 | #72 |
| Delaware | 5 | #219 | #44 |
| West Virginia | 8 | #226 | #134 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #231 | #36 |
| Indiana | 29 | #250 | #86 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #266 | #91 |
| Nevada | 10 | #285 | #116 |
| Minnesota | 18 | #327 | #155 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #333 | #164 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,710 | #90 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,719 | #93 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,771 | #91 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,809 | #95 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,865 | #91 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,070 | #86 | 9 | #8,612 |
| 2019 | 3,325 | #81 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,781 | #66 | — | — |
| 2017 | 4,036 | #62 | 6 | #11,973 |
| 2016 | 4,429 | #57 | 9 | #8,689 |
| 2015 | 4,535 | #57 | 10 | #7,938 |
| 2014 | 4,717 | #50 | — | — |
| 2013 | 4,715 | #48 | 5 | #13,715 |
| 2012 | 5,207 | #42 | 6 | #12,018 |
| 2011 | 5,571 | #39 | 5 | #13,984 |
| 2010 | 6,341 | #26 | 5 | #13,906 |
| 2009 | 7,794 | #21 | 12 | #7,157 |
| 2008 | 9,055 | #20 | 17 | #5,449 |
| 2007 | 10,014 | #18 | 13 | #6,546 |
| 2006 | 11,161 | #15 | 17 | #5,266 |
| 2005 | 11,555 | #15 | 18 | #4,792 |
| 2004 | 12,758 | #12 | 53 | #2,205 |
| 2003 | 13,785 | #11 | 26 | #3,507 |
| 2002 | 14,779 | #8 | 22 | #3,890 |
| 2001 | 15,929 | #6 | 22 | #3,823 |
| 2000 | 17,715 | #5 | 26 | #3,282 |
| 1999 | 19,119 | #4 | 13 | #5,268 |
| 1998 | 19,898 | #4 | 24 | #3,278 |
| 1997 | 20,716 | #4 | 17 | #4,023 |
| 1996 | 21,048 | #4 | 33 | #2,427 |
| 1995 | 21,395 | #5 | 34 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 22,299 | #5 | 44 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 24,257 | #3 | 46 | #1,847 |
| 1992 | 24,634 | #5 | 53 | #1,655 |
| 1991 | 25,233 | #6 | 37 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 25,824 | #6 | 57 | #1,514 |
| 1989 | 27,797 | #5 | 146 | #823 |
| 1988 | 28,374 | #4 | 88 | #1,063 |
| 1987 | 27,894 | #5 | 110 | #895 |
| 1986 | 28,163 | #5 | 117 | #839 |
| 1985 | 24,879 | #5 | 101 | #904 |
| 1984 | 25,887 | #5 | 122 | #791 |
| 1983 | 27,228 | #5 | 118 | #808 |
| 1982 | 28,483 | #4 | 125 | #792 |
| 1981 | 28,175 | #4 | 109 | #844 |
| 1980 | 25,757 | #5 | 84 | #986 |
| 1979 | 21,015 | #6 | 84 | #973 |
| 1978 | 19,976 | #8 | 82 | #960 |
| 1977 | 18,096 | #11 | 64 | #1,091 |
| 1976 | 13,993 | #15 | 46 | #1,314 |
| 1975 | 11,170 | #17 | 46 | #1,275 |
| 1974 | 9,788 | #20 | 31 | #1,612 |
| 1973 | 7,214 | #35 | 33 | #1,502 |
| 1972 | 6,114 | #49 | 20 | #2,066 |
| 1971 | 5,843 | #58 | 16 | #2,451 |
| 1970 | 5,614 | #65 | 16 | #2,387 |
| 1969 | 5,078 | #72 | 15 | #2,293 |
| 1968 | 4,489 | #78 | 14 | #2,292 |
| 1967 | 4,139 | #83 | 15 | #2,124 |
| 1966 | 4,034 | #85 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1965 | 4,062 | #92 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1964 | 4,583 | #92 | 17 | #2,028 |
| 1963 | 4,571 | #94 | 14 | #2,283 |
| 1962 | 4,548 | #98 | 15 | #2,177 |
| 1961 | 4,204 | #113 | 15 | #2,222 |
| 1960 | 4,205 | #116 | 13 | #2,409 |
| 1959 | 3,869 | #119 | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1958 | 3,913 | #117 | 13 | #2,354 |
| 1957 | 3,987 | #116 | 13 | #2,360 |
| 1956 | 3,875 | #115 | 12 | #2,478 |
| 1955 | 3,979 | #108 | 16 | #2,035 |
| 1954 | 4,040 | #103 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1953 | 4,086 | #93 | 11 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 4,046 | #93 | 8 | #3,064 |
| 1951 | 4,028 | #91 | 9 | #2,823 |
| 1950 | 4,143 | #88 | 11 | #2,421 |
| 1949 | 4,295 | #84 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1948 | 4,159 | #85 | 10 | #2,592 |
| 1947 | 4,223 | #93 | 17 | #1,907 |
| 1946 | 3,910 | #92 | 14 | #2,017 |
| 1945 | 3,592 | #76 | 10 | #2,375 |
| 1944 | 3,857 | #67 | 8 | #2,832 |
| 1943 | 3,990 | #71 | 17 | #1,823 |
| 1942 | 4,100 | #67 | 20 | #1,624 |
| 1941 | 3,982 | #60 | 19 | #1,630 |
| 1940 | 3,869 | #60 | 24 | #1,394 |
| 1939 | 3,671 | #68 | 18 | #1,625 |
| 1938 | 3,749 | #67 | 22 | #1,470 |
| 1937 | 3,588 | #65 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 1936 | 3,515 | #63 | 20 | #1,536 |
| 1935 | 3,615 | #61 | 19 | #1,644 |
| 1934 | 3,601 | #67 | 28 | #1,289 |
| 1933 | 3,621 | #58 | 30 | #1,225 |
| 1932 | 3,597 | #67 | 24 | #1,459 |
| 1931 | 3,636 | #71 | 22 | #1,531 |
| 1930 | 3,920 | #70 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1929 | 3,816 | #68 | 21 | #1,666 |
| 1928 | 4,244 | #64 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1927 | 4,555 | #61 | 34 | #1,265 |
| 1926 | 4,424 | #63 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1925 | 4,685 | #58 | 24 | #1,573 |
| 1924 | 5,045 | #54 | 28 | #1,451 |
| 1923 | 4,963 | #54 | 19 | #1,863 |
| 1922 | 4,982 | #51 | 19 | #1,873 |
| 1921 | 5,024 | #54 | 19 | #1,889 |
| 1920 | 5,031 | #50 | 14 | #2,321 |
| 1919 | 5,022 | #46 | 11 | #2,637 |
| 1918 | 4,969 | #52 | 14 | #2,244 |
| 1917 | 4,766 | #52 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1916 | 4,798 | #52 | 19 | #1,687 |
| 1915 | 4,415 | #51 | 15 | #1,951 |
| 1914 | 3,679 | #47 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 1913 | 3,178 | #43 | 10 | #1,923 |
| 1912 | 2,919 | #41 | 16 | #1,216 |
| 1911 | 2,201 | #42 | 9 | #1,275 |
| 1910 | 2,173 | #40 | 6 | #1,558 |
| 1909 | 1,845 | #49 | 11 | #948 |
| 1908 | 1,814 | #48 | — | — |
| 1907 | 1,799 | #48 | — | — |
| 1906 | 1,697 | #44 | — | — |
| 1905 | 1,762 | #41 | 5 | #1,397 |
| 1904 | 1,594 | #43 | 7 | #1,046 |
| 1903 | 1,553 | #41 | 5 | #1,282 |
| 1902 | 1,710 | #39 | 5 | #1,290 |
| 1901 | 1,514 | #40 | 5 | #1,192 |
| 1900 | 2,054 | #37 | 5 | #1,476 |
| 1899 | 1,587 | #38 | 11 | #653 |
| 1898 | 1,800 | #37 | 5 | #1,271 |
| 1897 | 1,713 | #34 | 9 | #779 |
| 1896 | 1,691 | #35 | 5 | #1,244 |
| 1895 | 1,777 | #33 | 8 | #860 |
| 1894 | 1,701 | #34 | 10 | #721 |
| 1893 | 1,632 | #33 | 6 | #1,015 |
| 1892 | 1,798 | #28 | 6 | #1,052 |
| 1891 | 1,669 | #24 | — | — |
| 1890 | 1,786 | #21 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1889 | 1,730 | #20 | 5 | #1,093 |
| 1888 | 1,755 | #20 | — | — |
| 1887 | 1,436 | #20 | — | — |
| 1886 | 1,569 | #16 | 6 | #951 |
| 1885 | 1,424 | #18 | 7 | #824 |
| 1884 | 1,518 | #14 | 6 | #954 |
| 1883 | 1,359 | #12 | 7 | #790 |
| 1882 | 1,410 | #12 | — | — |
| 1881 | 1,226 | #12 | — | — |
| 1880 | 1,288 | #10 | — | — |
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).