Sara remains a common girls' name (#198 in 2025), down from a peak of #26 in 1981.
Sara is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #198 for girl births in the United States (and #435 across all names), given to 1,568 babies — 1,581 including U.S. territories. Sara was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1981 (11,359 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,568 | 1,581 | #198 | — |
| 2024 | 1,617 | 1,625 | #187 | #13,890 |
| 2023 | 1,602 | 1,610 | #188 | — |
| 2022 | 1,680 | 1,691 | #178 | — |
| 2021 | 1,525 | 1,540 | #197 | #11,891 |
| 2020 | 1,577 | 1,591 | #183 | — |
| 2019 | 1,746 | 1,759 | #163 | — |
| 2018 | 1,718 | 1,736 | #170 | — |
| 2017 | 1,887 | 1,908 | #158 | — |
| 2016 | 2,041 | 2,064 | #152 | — |
| 2015 | 1,982 | 2,002 | #161 | — |
| 2014 | 1,979 | 1,994 | #166 | #10,529 |
| 2013 | 2,093 | 2,119 | #153 | — |
| 2012 | 2,261 | 2,283 | #142 | — |
| 2011 | 2,396 | 2,422 | #130 | — |
| 2010 | 2,641 | 2,658 | #119 | #13,905 |
| 2009 | 3,044 | 3,065 | #106 | — |
| 2008 | 3,602 | 3,622 | #92 | #10,825 |
| 2007 | 4,029 | 4,064 | #80 | #14,032 |
| 2006 | 4,419 | 4,443 | #72 | #9,416 |
| 2005 | 4,295 | 4,331 | #75 | #7,552 |
| 2004 | 4,531 | 4,559 | #68 | #3,837 |
| 2003 | 4,769 | 4,785 | #65 | #12,431 |
| 2002 | 4,950 | 4,976 | #59 | #12,173 |
| 2001 | 5,163 | 5,191 | #58 | #9,058 |
| 2000 | 5,336 | 5,367 | #57 | #6,234 |
| 1999 | 5,640 | 5,672 | #50 | #4,985 |
| 1998 | 6,023 | 6,051 | #48 | #5,118 |
| 1997 | 6,167 | — | #50 | #7,159 |
| 1996 | 6,298 | — | #50 | #5,897 |
| 1995 | 6,705 | — | #48 | #6,869 |
| 1994 | 7,238 | — | #43 | #3,724 |
| 1993 | 7,918 | — | #40 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 8,456 | — | #37 | #4,531 |
| 1991 | 8,868 | — | #37 | #2,972 |
| 1990 | 9,007 | — | #34 | #2,478 |
| 1989 | 9,756 | — | #29 | #1,611 |
| 1988 | 10,063 | — | #30 | #1,665 |
| 1987 | 10,139 | — | #29 | #1,479 |
| 1986 | 11,092 | — | #27 | #1,641 |
| 1985 | 10,608 | — | #30 | #1,478 |
| 1984 | 9,359 | — | #32 | #1,441 |
| 1983 | 10,129 | — | #31 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 11,391 | — | #28 | #1,392 |
| 1981 | 11,391 | — | #26 | #1,803 |
| 1980 | 11,192 | — | #27 | #1,445 |
| 1979 | 8,685 | — | #30 | #1,828 |
| 1978 | 8,900 | — | #28 | #1,750 |
| 1977 | 8,740 | — | #27 | #1,737 |
| 1976 | 8,050 | — | #27 | #1,742 |
| 1975 | 5,143 | — | #54 | #3,206 |
| 1974 | 4,669 | — | #61 | #2,258 |
| 1973 | 3,494 | — | #89 | #2,587 |
| 1972 | 3,188 | — | #101 | #3,563 |
| 1971 | 3,219 | — | #114 | #2,948 |
| 1970 | 3,072 | — | #126 | #2,861 |
| 1969 | 2,798 | — | #124 | #3,879 |
| 1968 | 2,471 | — | #130 | #2,291 |
| 1967 | 2,225 | — | #155 | #2,954 |
| 1966 | 2,059 | — | #167 | — |
| 1965 | 1,981 | — | #178 | #3,206 |
| 1964 | 2,364 | — | #166 | #3,016 |
| 1963 | 2,492 | — | #162 | #3,982 |
| 1962 | 2,480 | — | #163 | #3,268 |
| 1961 | 2,198 | — | #177 | — |
| 1960 | 2,037 | — | #186 | — |
| 1959 | 2,039 | — | #180 | #3,556 |
| 1958 | 1,996 | — | #184 | #4,416 |
| 1957 | 2,115 | — | #178 | #4,467 |
| 1956 | 2,010 | — | #178 | #3,873 |
| 1955 | 1,973 | — | #177 | — |
| 1954 | 2,121 | — | #164 | — |
| 1953 | 2,084 | — | #158 | #3,742 |
| 1952 | 2,044 | — | #161 | — |
| 1951 | 2,079 | — | #152 | — |
| 1950 | 2,065 | — | #147 | #3,631 |
| 1949 | 1,971 | — | #148 | — |
| 1948 | 2,025 | — | #142 | #4,107 |
| 1947 | 2,184 | — | #138 | #2,649 |
| 1946 | 2,040 | — | #135 | #3,945 |
| 1945 | 1,803 | — | #135 | — |
| 1944 | 1,911 | — | #136 | #2,831 |
| 1943 | 2,030 | — | #137 | #2,537 |
| 1942 | 2,197 | — | #128 | #3,512 |
| 1941 | 2,078 | — | #124 | #3,098 |
| 1940 | 2,096 | — | #122 | #2,649 |
| 1939 | 1,883 | — | #127 | #2,421 |
| 1938 | 1,959 | — | #124 | #2,460 |
| 1937 | 1,910 | — | #130 | #2,649 |
| 1936 | 1,835 | — | #129 | #2,158 |
| 1935 | 1,782 | — | #128 | #2,686 |
| 1934 | 1,860 | — | #125 | #1,845 |
| 1933 | 1,872 | — | #123 | #2,516 |
| 1932 | 1,769 | — | #130 | #2,613 |
| 1931 | 1,715 | — | #135 | #3,059 |
| 1930 | 1,781 | — | #134 | #2,579 |
| 1929 | 1,759 | — | #133 | #2,572 |
| 1928 | 1,881 | — | #129 | #3,316 |
| 1927 | 2,002 | — | #129 | #3,407 |
| 1926 | 2,029 | — | #131 | #3,655 |
| 1925 | 2,037 | — | #133 | #4,774 |
| 1924 | 2,313 | — | #116 | — |
| 1923 | 2,185 | — | #123 | — |
| 1922 | 2,230 | — | #118 | #2,973 |
| 1921 | 2,356 | — | #115 | #4,256 |
| 1920 | 2,373 | — | #111 | #3,171 |
| 1919 | 2,180 | — | #112 | #3,085 |
| 1918 | 2,300 | — | #109 | #4,706 |
| 1917 | 2,147 | — | #107 | — |
| 1916 | 1,992 | — | #109 | — |
| 1915 | 1,922 | — | #106 | #2,793 |
| 1914 | 1,488 | — | #108 | — |
| 1913 | 1,121 | — | #114 | — |
| 1912 | 962 | — | #121 | — |
| 1911 | 687 | — | #123 | — |
| 1910 | 633 | — | #128 | — |
| 1909 | 559 | — | #127 | — |
| 1908 | 551 | — | #127 | #1,560 |
| 1907 | 494 | — | #134 | — |
| 1906 | 457 | — | #135 | — |
| 1905 | 437 | — | #137 | — |
| 1904 | 359 | — | #149 | — |
| 1903 | 333 | — | #155 | — |
| 1902 | 335 | — | #154 | — |
| 1901 | 315 | — | #156 | — |
| 1900 | 375 | — | #157 | — |
| 1899 | 323 | — | #146 | — |
| 1898 | 362 | — | #139 | — |
| 1897 | 353 | — | #137 | — |
| 1896 | 326 | — | #143 | — |
| 1895 | 363 | — | #127 | — |
| 1894 | 304 | — | #141 | — |
| 1893 | 290 | — | #143 | — |
| 1892 | 276 | — | #148 | — |
| 1891 | 260 | — | #138 | — |
| 1890 | 262 | — | #137 | — |
| 1889 | 286 | — | #130 | — |
| 1888 | 293 | — | #125 | — |
| 1887 | 214 | — | #129 | — |
| 1886 | 247 | — | #117 | — |
| 1885 | 215 | — | #121 | — |
| 1884 | 197 | — | #127 | — |
| 1883 | 183 | — | #118 | — |
| 1882 | 180 | — | #115 | — |
| 1881 | 147 | — | #117 | — |
| 1880 | 165 | — | #110 | — |