NameTides

Sara

Sara was the #198 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,568 babies), and #110 in England & Wales and #138 in Canada.

Sara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaScotlandUSNorthern Ireland
Sara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#198 (1,568)#110 (427)#204 (19)#397 (3)#127 (37)#138 (196)——
2024#187 (1,612)#97 (476)#164 (25)#161 (12)#135 (34)#109 (237)——
2023#188 (1,602)#107 (445)#168 (25)#328 (4)#126 (37)#122 (210)——
2022#178 (1,680)#99 (497)#186 (23)#183 (10)#115 (46)#123 (208)——
2021#197 (1,519)#100 (511)#164 (26)#223 (8)#172 (28)#114 (237)——
2020#182 (1,577)#102 (496)#148 (28)#212 (8)#105 (51)#90 (273)——
2019#163 (1,746)#88 (609)#158 (28)#167 (12)#105 (51)#87 (295)——
2018#169 (1,718)#98 (535)#156 (30)#151 (14)#108 (54)#85 (308)——
2017#158 (1,887)#82 (653)#125 (38)#190 (10)#115 (52)#81 (328)——
2016#151 (2,041)#90 (606)#124 (39)#151 (15)#97 (58)#70 (378)——
2015#161 (1,982)#87 (612)#113 (42)#166 (13)#89 (71)#74 (381)——
2014#165 (1,972)#96 (596)#124 (39)#171 (12)#99 (65)#64 (409)—#92 (57)
2013#153 (2,093)#100 (552)#107 (43)#116 (19)#96 (71)#57 (435)——
2012#142 (2,261)#99 (584)#115 (42)#146 (13)#93 (68)#52 (455)—#92 (53)
2011#130 (2,396)#109 (527)#99 (45)#160 (13)#78 (91)#40 (507)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #26.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 590common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 570common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 760common

Next year

On its recent trend, Sara is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 990 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 920 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #196WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #162ILMichigan: #275MINew York: #54NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #268OHPennsylvania: #200PANew Jersey: #21NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #200CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #317CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #373MOKentucky: #364KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #272VAMaryland: #176MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #250NCSouth Carolina: #294SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #190ALGeorgia: #187GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #197TXFlorida: #171FL
Sara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84119
Quebec2025#13342

Sara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SaraCanadaGirls#138196
SaraCanadaBoys—too few
SaraEngland & WalesGirls#110427
SaraIrelandGirls#12737
SaraNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
SaraNSWGirls—too few
SaraScotlandGirls#20419
SaraUSGirls#1981,568
SaraUSBoys—too few
SaraVICGirls—too few