# Sarah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sarah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “lady”, “princess”, “masters”, “princes” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɛɚ.ə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Sally, Sadie, Sallie, Saz |
| Variant spellings | Sara, Zara, Zarah, Sahra |
| US babies named this | 1,101,838 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,340 / 1,098,498 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28,326, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

## What it means

Sarah is grouped under queen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,571 | 39 |
| 2012 | 5,207 | 42 |
| 2013 | 4,715 | 48 |
| 2014 | 4,717 | 50 |
| 2015 | 4,535 | 57 |
| 2016 | 4,429 | 57 |
| 2017 | 4,036 | 62 |
| 2018 | 3,781 | 66 |
| 2019 | 3,325 | 81 |
| 2020 | 3,070 | 86 |
| 2021 | 2,865 | 91 |
| 2022 | 2,809 | 95 |
| 2023 | 2,771 | 91 |
| 2024 | 2,719 | 93 |
| 2025 | 2,710 | 90 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 26 | 3,507 |
| 2004 | 53 | 2,205 |
| 2005 | 18 | 4,792 |
| 2006 | 17 | 5,266 |
| 2007 | 13 | 6,546 |
| 2008 | 17 | 5,449 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7,157 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,906 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,984 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12,018 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,715 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,938 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,689 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,612 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 663 | 90 |
| 2012 | 592 | 95 |
| 2013 | 574 | 96 |
| 2014 | 601 | 95 |
| 2015 | 581 | 96 |
| 2016 | 572 | 96 |
| 2017 | 530 | 103 |
| 2018 | 503 | 103 |
| 2019 | 479 | 107 |
| 2020 | 422 | 115 |
| 2021 | 403 | 125 |
| 2022 | 384 | 131 |
| 2023 | 392 | 127 |
| 2024 | 375 | 130 |
| 2025 | 371 | 131 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سَارَة
- Catalan: Sara
- Chinese: 薩拉 /萨拉, 莎拉
- Czech: Sára
- Danish: Sara, Sarah
- Dutch: Sara, Sarah
- Finnish: Saara
- French: Sarah
- Georgian: სარა
- German: Sara, Sarah
- Greek: Σάρα
- Hebrew: שרה
- Hindi: सारा
- Hungarian: Sára
- Irish: Sorcha
- Italian: Sara
- Japanese: サラ
- Korean: 사라
- Latin: Sara
- Norwegian: Sara

## People named Sarah

- Sarah Bernhardt, French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
- Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress (born 1965)
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress (born 1977)
- Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress and director
- Sarah Ferguson, British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality, 
- Sarah Paulson, American actress
- Sarah Brightman, British singer and actress
- Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and writer
- Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)
- Sarah Hyland, American actress and singer (born 1990)
- Sarah Shahi, American actress and model (born 1980)
- Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.