NameTides

Sarah

Sarah was the #90 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,710 babies), and #131 in England & Wales and #57 in Canada.

Sarah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sarah 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Sarah 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
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#90 (2,710)#131 (371)#149 (29)#106 (20)#66 (78)#57 (399)—#100 (65)
2024#93 (2,719)#130 (375)#148 (29)#75 (27)#61 (87)#54 (403)——
2023#91 (2,771)#127 (392)#160 (27)#79 (26)#62 (93)#47 (433)——
2022#95 (2,809)#131 (384)#186 (23)#53 (42)#47 (121)#59 (410)——
2021#91 (2,865)#125 (403)#138 (32)#62 (36)#43 (134)#60 (449)#96 (79)—
2020#86 (3,070)#115 (422)#115 (39)#60 (34)#30 (148)#50 (481)#73 (101)#85 (71)
2019#81 (3,325)#107 (479)#113 (41)#37 (54)#32 (175)#35 (594)#65 (103)#61 (104)
2018#66 (3,781)#103 (503)#111 (43)#55 (42)#21 (216)#34 (613)#62 (107)#46 (101)
2017#62 (4,036)#103 (530)#83 (53)#32 (64)#19 (244)#26 (726)#46 (120)#54 (87)
2016#57 (4,429)#96 (572)#68 (76)#32 (69)#16 (290)#19 (824)#55 (118)#48 (88)
2015#57 (4,535)#96 (581)#75 (70)#31 (75)#14 (297)#21 (799)#41 (153)#39 (114)
2014#50 (4,717)#95 (601)#58 (88)#25 (97)#12 (343)#18 (865)#44 (155)#54 (85)
2013#48 (4,715)#96 (574)#61 (87)#29 (84)#10 (391)#19 (850)#36 (178)#43 (105)
2012#42 (5,207)#95 (592)#54 (95)#20 (120)#10 (430)#15 (1,015)#33 (193)#39 (125)
2011#39 (5,571)#90 (663)#56 (109)#19 (130)#6 (466)#14 (1,022)#31 (190)#34 (125)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #4.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 590 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 590common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 680common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 620common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 360common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 270common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 370common

Next year

On its recent trend, Sarah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 590 to 1 in 610.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sarah by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #201WIVermont: #65VTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #144WAIdaho: #175IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #114ILMichigan: #183MINew York: #17NYMassachusetts: #90MAOregon: #144ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #147IAIndiana: #243INOhio: #136OHPennsylvania: #86PANew Jersey: #29NJConnecticut: #89CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #122CAUtah: #212UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #116MOKentucky: #123KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #110VAMaryland: #63MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #149KSArkansas: #144ARTennessee: #148TNNorth Carolina: #114NCSouth Carolina: #101SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #208LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #101ALGeorgia: #91GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #102TXFlorida: #65FL
Sarah (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#49164
Quebec2025#6581

Sarah (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
SarahCanadaGirls#57399
SarahCanadaBoys—too few
SarahEngland & WalesGirls#131371
Sarah-England & WalesGirls—too few
SarahIrelandGirls#6678
SarahNorthern IrelandGirls#10620
SarahNSWGirls—too few
SarahScotlandGirls#14929
SarahUSGirls#902,710
SarahUSBoys—too few
SarahVICGirls#10065