Girl name#5 of girl names
Sarah
Pronounced S EH1 R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1982
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- 1 spelling
How popular is Sarah?
Sarah is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 1,538,561 children — the 5th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 52% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1982, when 39,852 children were given it.
Sara is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Sarah and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Sara
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S EH1 R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Sarah
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Sarah
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Sarah?
- Sarah ranks 5th among girls' names in US records, with 1,538,561 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 52,225.
- Is Sarah a unisex name?
- No. Sarah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Sarah most popular?
- 1982, when 39,852 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Sarah spelled?
- Sara. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.