Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sara

#84 most common girls' name of all time · #163 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#84
Rank overall
#163 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
437,441
Since 2016
16,961
Peak year
1981 #26
Best rank
#26 1981
Girls Boys peak 11,391/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Sara is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,568 1,568 #198
2024 1,612 5 1,617 #187
2023 1,602 1,602 #188
2022 1,680 1,680 #178
2021 1,519 6 1,525 #197
2020 1,577 1,577 #182
2019 1,746 1,746 #163
2018 1,718 1,718 #170
2017 1,887 1,887 #158
2016 2,041 2,041 #152
2015 1,982 1,982 #161
2014 1,972 7 1,979 #165
2013 2,093 2,093 #153
2012 2,261 2,261 #142
2011 2,396 2,396 #130
2010 2,636 5 2,641 #119
2009 3,044 3,044 #106
2008 3,595 7 3,602 #92
2007 4,024 5 4,029 #80
2006 4,411 8 4,419 #72
2005 4,285 10 4,295 #75
2004 4,507 24 4,531 #68
2003 4,764 5 4,769 #65
2002 4,945 5 4,950 #59
2001 5,156 7 5,163 #58
2000 5,325 11 5,336 #57
1999 5,626 14 5,640 #50
1998 6,010 13 6,023 #48
1997 6,159 8 6,167 #50
1996 6,288 10 6,298 #50
1995 6,697 8 6,705 #48
1994 7,220 18 7,238 #43
1993 7,902 16 7,918 #40
1992 8,443 13 8,456 #37
1991 8,846 22 8,868 #37
1990 8,979 28 9,007 #34
1989 9,706 50 9,756 #29
1988 10,020 43 10,063 #30
1987 10,090 49 10,139 #29
1986 11,052 40 11,092 #27
1985 10,562 46 10,608 #30
1984 9,314 45 9,359 #32
1983 10,087 42 10,129 #31
1982 11,344 47 11,391 #28
1981 11,359 32 11,391 #26
1980 11,148 44 11,192 #27
1979 8,654 31 8,685 #30
1978 8,869 31 8,900 #28
1977 8,709 31 8,740 #27
1976 8,020 30 8,050 #27
1975 5,131 12 5,143 #54
1974 4,650 19 4,669 #61
1973 3,479 15 3,494 #89
1972 3,179 9 3,188 #101
1971 3,207 12 3,219 #114
1970 3,060 12 3,072 #126
1969 2,791 7 2,798 #124
1968 2,457 14 2,471 #130
1967 2,216 9 2,225 #155
1966 2,059 2,059 #166
1965 1,973 8 1,981 #178
1964 2,355 9 2,364 #166
1963 2,486 6 2,492 #162
1962 2,472 8 2,480 #163
1961 2,198 2,198 #177
1960 2,037 2,037 #186
1959 2,032 7 2,039 #180
1958 1,991 5 1,996 #184
1957 2,110 5 2,115 #178
1956 2,004 6 2,010 #178
1955 1,973 1,973 #176
1954 2,121 2,121 #164
1953 2,078 6 2,084 #158
1952 2,044 2,044 #160
1951 2,079 2,079 #152
1950 2,059 6 2,065 #147
1949 1,971 1,971 #148
1948 2,020 5 2,025 #142
1947 2,174 10 2,184 #138
1946 2,035 5 2,040 #135
1945 1,803 1,803 #135
1944 1,903 8 1,911 #136
1943 2,020 10 2,030 #137
1942 2,191 6 2,197 #128
1941 2,071 7 2,078 #124
1940 2,087 9 2,096 #121
1939 1,873 10 1,883 #127
1938 1,949 10 1,959 #124
1937 1,901 9 1,910 #130
1936 1,823 12 1,835 #129
1935 1,773 9 1,782 #128
1934 1,844 16 1,860 #125
1933 1,862 10 1,872 #122
1932 1,759 10 1,769 #130
1931 1,707 8 1,715 #135
1930 1,770 11 1,781 #134
1929 1,748 11 1,759 #133
1928 1,873 8 1,881 #129
1927 1,994 8 2,002 #129
1926 2,022 7 2,029 #131
1925 2,032 5 2,037 #133
1924 2,313 2,313 #116
1923 2,185 2,185 #123
1922 2,220 10 2,230 #118
1921 2,350 6 2,356 #115
1920 2,364 9 2,373 #111
1919 2,171 9 2,180 #112
1918 2,295 5 2,300 #109
1917 2,147 2,147 #106
1916 1,992 1,992 #109
1915 1,913 9 1,922 #106
1914 1,488 1,488 #108
1913 1,121 1,121 #114
1912 962 962 #121
1911 687 687 #123
1910 633 633 #128
1909 559 559 #127
1908 546 5 551 #127
1907 494 494 #134
1906 457 457 #135
1905 437 437 #137
1904 359 359 #149
1903 333 333 #155
1902 335 335 #155
1901 315 315 #156
1900 375 375 #157
1899 323 323 #146
1898 362 362 #139
1897 353 353 #137
1896 326 326 #143
1895 363 363 #127
1894 304 304 #141
1893 290 290 #143
1892 276 276 #148
1891 260 260 #138
1890 262 262 #137
1889 286 286 #129
1888 293 293 #125
1887 214 214 #128
1886 247 247 #117
1885 215 215 #121
1884 197 197 #126
1883 183 183 #116
1882 180 180 #115
1881 147 147 #117
1880 165 165 #110