Sarah

“Lady; princess” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #90 in the US (2025) · 80s

Sarah reached its best rank, #3, in 1993 and ranked #90 in 2025. About 1.1 million girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Northeast today. Sarah's short forms are Sally, Sadie, and Sallie. About 3,600 girls a year are given Sadie as their full name. Together with its spelling variant Sara (#198), Sarah would rank around #49 with about 4,300 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Sarah and Sara. Popular twin pairings with Sarah include Sophia for a girl, and Jacob for a boy.

Around the world: #28 in Netherlands (2025) · #50 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024) · #55 in Austria (2025) · #56 in Canada (2024) · #64 in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sarahs

Sarah Bernhardt — French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
Sarah Palin — Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
Sarah Jessica Parker — American actress (born 1965)
Sarah Michelle Gellar — American actress (born 1977)
Sarah Toscano — Italian singer-songwriter

In stories & tradition

Sarah — Epistle to the Hebrews · Epistle to the Galatians
Sarah Connor — The Terminator · Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sarah Jane Smith — Doctor Who · K-9 and Company

What Sarahs become

Among 7,100 notable people named Sarah:

Medical professionals appear 1.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sarah Loguen Fraser, American physician.

Similar names: Sara · Rachel · Zariah · Maria · Samantha · Hannah

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