Sara
#84 most common girls' name of all time · #163 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |