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How popular is the name Sara?
Births per year, rank history and how many Saras are alive today.
Sara (female), a spelling of Sarah, is currently the 97th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 476 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2017, when 653 babies were given the name, the 82nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1984, with around 590 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 148 in 2004 before climbing back to the 97th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 15,000 babies have been named Sara in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sarah you are most likely to meet is around 51 years old. Half of all Sarahs born in England and Wales are between 39 and 55, and there are at least 420,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 74% chance that at least one of them will be called Sarah.
How many babies are named Sara each year?
Includes all spellings: Sara, Sarah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sara spelling rank?
Where does the Sarah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sara most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sarah, peaked in 1974, when around 15,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sara spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 653 babies.
How many people are called Sara?
At least 420,000 people named Sara in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sara?
Most living Saras are between 39 and 55; the most common age is about 51.
Is Sara becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.