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.

Sarah

#10 most common girls' name of all time · #35 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#10
Rank overall
#35 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,101,838
Since 2016
32,539
Peak year
1982 #4
Best rank
#3 1993
Girls Boys peak 28,608/yr
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Sarah 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 2,710 2,710 #90
2024 2,719 2,719 #93
2023 2,771 2,771 #91
2022 2,809 2,809 #95
2021 2,865 2,865 #91
2020 3,070 9 3,079 #86
2019 3,325 3,325 #81
2018 3,781 3,781 #66
2017 4,036 6 4,042 #62
2016 4,429 9 4,438 #57
2015 4,535 10 4,545 #57
2014 4,717 4,717 #50
2013 4,715 5 4,720 #48
2012 5,207 6 5,213 #42
2011 5,571 5 5,576 #39
2010 6,341 5 6,346 #26
2009 7,794 12 7,806 #21
2008 9,055 17 9,072 #20
2007 10,014 13 10,027 #18
2006 11,161 17 11,178 #15
2005 11,555 18 11,573 #15
2004 12,758 53 12,811 #12
2003 13,785 26 13,811 #11
2002 14,779 22 14,801 #8
2001 15,929 22 15,951 #6
2000 17,715 26 17,741 #5
1999 19,119 13 19,132 #4
1998 19,898 24 19,922 #4
1997 20,716 17 20,733 #4
1996 21,048 33 21,081 #4
1995 21,395 34 21,429 #5
1994 22,299 44 22,343 #5
1993 24,257 46 24,303 #3
1992 24,634 53 24,687 #5
1991 25,233 37 25,270 #6
1990 25,824 57 25,881 #6
1989 27,797 146 27,943 #5
1988 28,374 88 28,462 #4
1987 27,894 110 28,004 #5
1986 28,163 117 28,280 #5
1985 24,879 101 24,980 #5
1984 25,887 122 26,009 #5
1983 27,228 118 27,346 #5
1982 28,483 125 28,608 #4
1981 28,175 109 28,284 #4
1980 25,757 84 25,841 #5
1979 21,015 84 21,099 #6
1978 19,976 82 20,058 #8
1977 18,096 64 18,160 #11
1976 13,993 46 14,039 #15
1975 11,170 46 11,216 #17
1974 9,788 31 9,819 #20
1973 7,214 33 7,247 #35
1972 6,114 20 6,134 #49
1971 5,843 16 5,859 #58
1970 5,614 16 5,630 #65
1969 5,078 15 5,093 #72
1968 4,489 14 4,503 #78
1967 4,139 15 4,154 #83
1966 4,034 14 4,048 #85
1965 4,062 17 4,079 #92
1964 4,583 17 4,600 #92
1963 4,571 14 4,585 #94
1962 4,548 15 4,563 #98
1961 4,204 15 4,219 #113
1960 4,205 13 4,218 #116
1959 3,869 15 3,884 #119
1958 3,913 13 3,926 #117
1957 3,987 13 4,000 #116
1956 3,875 12 3,887 #115
1955 3,979 16 3,995 #108
1954 4,040 12 4,052 #103
1953 4,086 11 4,097 #93
1952 4,046 8 4,054 #93
1951 4,028 9 4,037 #91
1950 4,143 11 4,154 #88
1949 4,295 11 4,306 #84
1948 4,159 10 4,169 #85
1947 4,223 17 4,240 #93
1946 3,910 14 3,924 #92
1945 3,592 10 3,602 #76
1944 3,857 8 3,865 #67
1943 3,990 17 4,007 #71
1942 4,100 20 4,120 #67
1941 3,982 19 4,001 #60
1940 3,869 24 3,893 #60
1939 3,671 18 3,689 #68
1938 3,749 22 3,771 #67
1937 3,588 25 3,613 #65
1936 3,515 20 3,535 #62
1935 3,615 19 3,634 #61
1934 3,601 28 3,629 #67
1933 3,621 30 3,651 #58
1932 3,597 24 3,621 #67
1931 3,636 22 3,658 #71
1930 3,920 28 3,948 #70
1929 3,816 21 3,837 #68
1928 4,244 34 4,278 #64
1927 4,555 34 4,589 #61
1926 4,424 13 4,437 #63
1925 4,685 24 4,709 #58
1924 5,045 28 5,073 #54
1923 4,963 19 4,982 #54
1922 4,982 19 5,001 #51
1921 5,024 19 5,043 #54
1920 5,031 14 5,045 #50
1919 5,022 11 5,033 #46
1918 4,969 14 4,983 #52
1917 4,766 11 4,777 #52
1916 4,798 19 4,817 #52
1915 4,415 15 4,430 #51
1914 3,679 13 3,692 #47
1913 3,178 10 3,188 #43
1912 2,919 16 2,935 #41
1911 2,201 9 2,210 #42
1910 2,173 6 2,179 #40
1909 1,845 11 1,856 #49
1908 1,814 1,814 #48
1907 1,799 1,799 #48
1906 1,697 1,697 #44
1905 1,762 5 1,767 #41
1904 1,594 7 1,601 #43
1903 1,553 5 1,558 #41
1902 1,710 5 1,715 #39
1901 1,514 5 1,519 #40
1900 2,054 5 2,059 #37
1899 1,587 11 1,598 #38
1898 1,800 5 1,805 #37
1897 1,713 9 1,722 #34
1896 1,691 5 1,696 #35
1895 1,777 8 1,785 #33
1894 1,701 10 1,711 #34
1893 1,632 6 1,638 #33
1892 1,798 6 1,804 #28
1891 1,669 1,669 #24
1890 1,786 5 1,791 #21
1889 1,730 5 1,735 #20
1888 1,755 1,755 #20
1887 1,436 1,436 #20
1886 1,569 6 1,575 #16
1885 1,424 7 1,431 #18
1884 1,518 6 1,524 #14
1883 1,359 7 1,366 #12
1882 1,410 1,410 #12
1881 1,226 1,226 #12
1880 1,288 1,288 #10