Sarah

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah, the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions.

From Wikipedia

Sarah first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 3,338 babies (rank #3 that year). In 2024 it was given to 396 girls (rank #56). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sarah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sarah yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

53,172
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
3,338
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19913,338#3
19923,172#3
19933,123#2
19942,662#2
19952,904#2
19962,670#2
19972,682#1
19982,601#1
19992,382#2
20002,245#2
20012,131#2
20021,918#3
20031,781#3
20041,723#3
20051,614#3
20061,594#3
20071,593#5
20081,418#5
20091,274#8
20101,106#9
2011993#14
2012982#15
2013827#21
2014835#19
2015771#22
2016787#22
2017709#26
2018602#34
2019565#38
2020454#51
2021429#60
2022402#59
2023432#46
2024396#56