Sarah
Rank in 2025
#90
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,710
girls 2,710
Peak year
1981
28,175 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,101,838
since 1880
Born a Sarah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sarah was most popular in 1981, when 28,175 babies recorded as girls got the name (16.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,710 babies were named Sarah, ranking #90 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,710 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,719 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,771 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,809 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 2,865 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 3,070 | 86 | 9 | 8067 |
| 2019 | 3,325 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 3,781 | 66 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 4,036 | 62 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 4,429 | 57 | 9 | 8146 |
| 2015 | 4,535 | 57 | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | 4,717 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 4,715 | 48 | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | 5,207 | 42 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 5,571 | 39 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 6,341 | 26 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | 7,794 | 21 | 12 | 6802 |
| 2008 | 9,055 | 20 | 17 | 5249 |
| 2007 | 10,014 | 18 | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | 11,161 | 15 | 17 | 5072 |
| 2005 | 11,555 | 15 | 18 | 4631 |
| 2004 | 12,758 | 12 | 53 | 2193 |
| 2003 | 13,785 | 11 | 26 | 3443 |
| 2002 | 14,779 | 8 | 22 | 3794 |
| 2001 | 15,929 | 6 | 22 | 3721 |
| 2000 | 17,715 | 5 | 26 | 3219 |
| 1999 | 19,119 | 4 | 13 | 5035 |
| 1998 | 19,898 | 4 | 24 | 3191 |
| 1997 | 20,716 | 4 | 17 | 3877 |
| 1996 | 21,048 | 4 | 33 | 2380 |
| 1995 | 21,395 | 5 | 34 | 2299 |
| 1994 | 22,299 | 5 | 44 | 1894 |
| 1993 | 24,257 | 3 | 46 | 1824 |
| 1992 | 24,634 | 5 | 53 | 1643 |
| 1991 | 25,233 | 6 | 37 | 2019 |
| 1990 | 25,824 | 6 | 57 | 1500 |
| 1989 | 27,797 | 5 | 146 | 819 |
| 1988 | 28,374 | 4 | 88 | 1058 |
| 1987 | 27,894 | 5 | 110 | 893 |
| 1986 | 28,163 | 5 | 117 | 835 |
| 1985 | 24,879 | 5 | 101 | 901 |
| 1984 | 25,887 | 5 | 122 | 784 |
| 1983 | 27,228 | 5 | 118 | 805 |
| 1982 | 28,483 | 4 | 125 | 788 |
| 1981 | 28,175 | 4 | 109 | 841 |
| 1980 | 25,757 | 5 | 84 | 982 |
| 1979 | 21,015 | 6 | 84 | 965 |
| 1978 | 19,976 | 8 | 82 | 956 |
| 1977 | 18,096 | 11 | 64 | 1079 |
| 1976 | 13,993 | 15 | 46 | 1304 |
| 1975 | 11,170 | 17 | 46 | 1258 |
| 1974 | 9,788 | 20 | 31 | 1582 |
| 1973 | 7,214 | 35 | 33 | 1485 |
| 1972 | 6,114 | 49 | 20 | 2020 |
| 1971 | 5,843 | 58 | 16 | 2366 |
| 1970 | 5,614 | 65 | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | 5,078 | 72 | 15 | 2217 |
| 1968 | 4,489 | 78 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1967 | 4,139 | 83 | 15 | 2030 |
| 1966 | 4,034 | 85 | 14 | 2132 |
| 1965 | 4,062 | 92 | 17 | 1918 |
| 1964 | 4,583 | 92 | 17 | 1975 |
| 1963 | 4,571 | 94 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1962 | 4,548 | 98 | 15 | 2117 |
| 1961 | 4,204 | 113 | 15 | 2148 |
| 1960 | 4,205 | 116 | 13 | 2315 |
| 1959 | 3,869 | 119 | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | 3,913 | 117 | 13 | 2265 |
| 1957 | 3,987 | 116 | 13 | 2274 |
| 1956 | 3,875 | 115 | 12 | 2361 |
| 1955 | 3,979 | 108 | 16 | 1979 |
| 1954 | 4,040 | 103 | 12 | 2316 |
| 1953 | 4,086 | 93 | 11 | 2391 |
| 1952 | 4,046 | 93 | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | 4,028 | 91 | 9 | 2662 |
| 1950 | 4,143 | 88 | 11 | 2321 |
| 1949 | 4,295 | 84 | 11 | 2337 |
| 1948 | 4,159 | 85 | 10 | 2443 |
| 1947 | 4,223 | 93 | 17 | 1850 |
| 1946 | 3,910 | 92 | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | 3,592 | 76 | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | 3,857 | 67 | 8 | 2633 |
| 1943 | 3,990 | 71 | 17 | 1764 |
| 1942 | 4,100 | 67 | 20 | 1585 |
| 1941 | 3,982 | 60 | 19 | 1588 |
| 1940 | 3,869 | 60 | 24 | 1368 |
| 1939 | 3,671 | 68 | 18 | 1578 |
| 1938 | 3,749 | 67 | 22 | 1439 |
| 1937 | 3,588 | 65 | 25 | 1344 |
| 1936 | 3,515 | 62 | 20 | 1505 |
| 1935 | 3,615 | 61 | 19 | 1584 |
| 1934 | 3,601 | 67 | 28 | 1266 |
| 1933 | 3,621 | 58 | 30 | 1202 |
| 1932 | 3,597 | 67 | 24 | 1426 |
| 1931 | 3,636 | 71 | 22 | 1489 |
| 1930 | 3,920 | 70 | 28 | 1368 |
| 1929 | 3,816 | 68 | 21 | 1611 |
| 1928 | 4,244 | 64 | 34 | 1228 |
| 1927 | 4,555 | 61 | 34 | 1248 |
| 1926 | 4,424 | 63 | 13 | 2302 |
| 1925 | 4,685 | 58 | 24 | 1534 |
| 1924 | 5,045 | 54 | 28 | 1414 |
| 1923 | 4,963 | 54 | 19 | 1816 |
| 1922 | 4,982 | 51 | 19 | 1827 |
| 1921 | 5,024 | 54 | 19 | 1829 |
| 1920 | 5,031 | 50 | 14 | 2231 |
| 1919 | 5,022 | 46 | 11 | 2511 |
| 1918 | 4,969 | 52 | 14 | 2165 |
| 1917 | 4,766 | 52 | 11 | 2423 |
| 1916 | 4,798 | 52 | 19 | 1646 |
| 1915 | 4,415 | 51 | 15 | 1878 |
| 1914 | 3,679 | 47 | 13 | 1772 |
| 1913 | 3,178 | 43 | 10 | 1803 |
| 1912 | 2,919 | 41 | 16 | 1174 |
| 1911 | 2,201 | 42 | 9 | 1190 |
| 1910 | 2,173 | 40 | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | 1,845 | 49 | 11 | 893 |
| 1908 | 1,814 | 48 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 1,799 | 48 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 1,697 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 1,762 | 41 | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | 1,594 | 43 | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | 1,553 | 41 | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | 1,710 | 39 | 5 | 1137 |
| 1901 | 1,514 | 40 | 5 | 1058 |
| 1900 | 2,054 | 37 | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | 1,587 | 38 | 11 | 613 |
| 1898 | 1,800 | 37 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 1,713 | 34 | 9 | 725 |
| 1896 | 1,691 | 35 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 1,777 | 33 | 8 | 795 |
| 1894 | 1,701 | 34 | 10 | 668 |
| 1893 | 1,632 | 33 | 6 | 907 |
| 1892 | 1,798 | 28 | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | 1,669 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 1,786 | 21 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 1,730 | 20 | 5 | 974 |
| 1888 | 1,755 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 1,436 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 1,569 | 16 | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | 1,424 | 18 | 7 | 765 |
| 1884 | 1,518 | 14 | 6 | 848 |
| 1883 | 1,359 | 12 | 7 | 720 |
| 1882 | 1,410 | 12 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 1,226 | 12 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 1,288 | 10 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years