Sara

“Variant of Sarah — Lady; princess” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #198 in the US (2025) · 80s

Sara reached #26 in 1981 and has faded to #198 since. About 436,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Across the Northeast it runs about twice its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Sarah (#90), Sara would rank around #49 with about 4,300 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Sarah and Sara.

Around the world: #2 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024) · #6 in Slovakia (2025) · #9 in Croatia (2025) · #9 in Serbia (2025) · #10 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Saras

Sara Bareilles — American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
Sara Errani — Italian tennis player (born 1987)
Sara Montiel — Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (1928-2013)
Sara Teasdale — American writer and poet (1884–1933)
Sara Gilbert — American actress

In stories & tradition

Sara (Black Cat) — The Amazing Spider-Man
Sara Tancredi — Prison Break
Sara Sidle — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

What Saras become

Among 4,144 notable people named Sara:

Sports figures appear 1.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sara Errani, Italian tennis player (born 1987).

Similar names: Zara · Rachel · Zariah · Kara · Molly · Joanna

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