Girl's name
Sara
Say it SAIR-uh
Roots in Latin, Greek and Hebrew from Sarah, lady, princess
2 syllables
Where Sara is loved, common and rare
Loved in the Netherlands and one more place. Common across Slovenia, Spain, Italy and 11 more places. Rare in the UK, Ireland, Quebec and four more places.
1 in 571 girls born in Ireland in 2025
The Netherlands 10thSlovenia 17thCatalonia 21st
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Every place
In 26 of the 40 official lists, among them the Netherlands (10th), Slovenia (17th) and Catalonia (21st).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands | 10th 2025 | 482 | about 1 in 127 |
| Hungary as Sára | 16th 2025 | 355 | rank only |
| Slovenia | 17th 2025 | 82 | about 1 in 81 |
| Spain | 19th 2024 | 1,305 | rank only |
| Catalonia region | 21st 2025 | 174 | 1 in 111 |
| Italy | 24th 2024 | 1,240 | 1 in 144 |
| Poland | 41st 2025 | 867 | 1 in 138 |
| Munich city | 41st 2025 | 30 | about 1 in 140 |
| Cologne city | 41st 2023 | 26 | about 1 in 236 |
| Norway | 43rd 2025 | 140 | 1 in 156 |
| Switzerland | 45th 2025 | 132 | 1 in 258 |
| Berlin city | 47th 2023 | 53 | about 1 in 274 |
| Austria | 54th 2025 | 150 | 1 in 238 |
| Sweden | 75th 2025 | 134 | about 1 in 300 |
| Ontario province | 84th 2024 | 119 | about 1 in 458 |
| England and Wales | 110th 2025 | 427 | 1 in 593 |
| Ireland | 127th 2025 | 37 | 1 in 571 |
| Quebec province | 131st 2025 | 43 | about 1 in 605 |
| Israel סארה | 163rd 2024 | 109 | about 1 in 720 |
| France | 176th 2025 | 315 | 1 in 910 |
| Scotland | 204th 2025 | 19 | 1 in 942 |
| British Columbia province | 240th 2023 | 13 | about 1 in 920 |
| Northern Ireland | 397th 2025 | 3 | 1 in 2,429 |
| Croatia | 9th 2025 | 259 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 58th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 302 |
| Leipzig city | 107th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 525 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand and Rostock.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Sara is the Latin form of Sarah, the wife of Abraham in the Bible, and it carries that name's meaning, 'lady, princess'. Its roots run through Latin and Greek to Hebrew.
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Two syllables, SAIR-uh. Sarah is the more common English spelling, Sára is an accented form, and Saara and Zara are related variants.
Sara is a top-ten name in Croatia and the Netherlands and is well used in Hungary. In English-speaking countries it is less common than it once was, ranking around 100th in England and Wales. The French records place its peak in 2008, and it is now falling in most places, though it remains a familiar name across much of Europe.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- SAIR-uh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
- from Sarah,
lady, princess
- Origin
- Latin, Greek and Hebrew
Counted together here: Sára.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 2 of 25 regions, falling in 12.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 90 | 82 | 98 | 88 | 102 | 100 | 99 | 107 | 97 | 110 |
| Scotland | 124 | 125 | 156 | 158 | 148 | 164 | 186 | 168 | 164 | 204 |
| Northern Ireland | 151 | 190 | 151 | 167 | 212 | 223 | 183 | 328 | 161 | 397 |
| Ireland | 97 | 115 | 108 | 105 | 105 | 172 | 115 | 126 | 135 | 127 |
| Ontario | 82 | 101 | 92 | 80 | 96 | 99 | 132 | 103 | 84 | |
| British Columbia | 223 | 121 | 179 | 157 | 106 | 250 | 213 | 240 | ||
| South Australia | 115 | 150 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 54 | 55 | 71 | 80 | 91 | 105 | 95 | 124 | 95 | 131 |
| France | 92 | 93 | 100 | 108 | 109 | 130 | 135 | 152 | 197 | 176 |
| The Netherlands | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | |
| Austria | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 54 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 42 | 44 | 45 |
| Berlin | 80 | 64 | 62 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 47 | ||
| Munich | 43 | 47 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 45 | 22 | 41 |
| Cologne | 76 | 57 | 63 | 53 | 26 | 63 | 97 | 41 | ||
| Bonn | 52 | 41 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 82 | 54 | 62 | 115 | 58 |
| Leipzig | 92 | 60 | 110 | 92 | 116 | 262 | 112 | 102 | 357 | 107 |
| Rostock | 283 | 143 | 97 | 202 | 133 | 122 | 174 | |||
| Norway | 9 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 43 |
| Sweden | 39 | 40 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 75 |
| Denmark | 31 | 34 | 37 | 47 | 47 | |||||
| Iceland | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Spain | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 19 | |
| Catalonia | 15 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
| Italy | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 | |
| Poland | 45 | 47 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 41 |
| Hungary | 22 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| Croatia | 8 | 7 | 9 | |||||||
| Israel | 104 | 111 | 129 | 127 | 157 | 145 | 175 | 166 | 163 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | 427 | 168.6 |
| 2024 | 97 | 476 | 184.5 |
| 2023 | 107 | 445 | 173.4 |
| 2022 | 99 | 497 | 188.6 |
| 2021 | 100 | 511 | 186.5 |
| 2020 | 102 | 496 | 184.8 |
| 2019 | 88 | 609 | 217.5 |
| 2018 | 98 | 535 | 185.6 |
| 2017 | 82 | 653 | 218.3 |
| 2016 | 90 | 606 | 197.3 |
| 2015 | 87 | 612 | 198.7 |
| 2014 | 96 | 596 | 194.3 |
| 2013 | 100 | 552 | 179.0 |
| 2012 | 99 | 584 | 181.3 |
| 2011 | 109 | 527 | 164.0 |
| 2010 | 103 | 576 | 179.4 |
| 2009 | 99 | 553 | 176.5 |
| 2008 | 102 | 553 | 175.1 |
| 2007 | 104 | 514 | 167.9 |
| 2006 | 109 | 485 | 162.1 |
| 2005 | 120 | 442 | 153.3 |
| 2004 | 148 | 350 | 122.4 |
| 2003 | 135 | 370 | 132.8 |
| 2002 | 114 | 401 | 150.0 |
| 2001 | 123 | 383 | 142.9 |
| 2000 | 127 | 368 | 134.7 |
| 1999 | 129 | 375 | 133.1 |
| 1998 | 130 | 359 | 124.1 |
| 1997 | 130 | 373 | 127.2 |
| 1996 | 113 | 404 | 136.5 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Sara in France since 1925 were born in or after 2006. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2008, at 297.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Sara per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2008 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Sara
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 729 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 852 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 1,266 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 471 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Sara.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Sara.
Middle names for Sara
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Sara Grace
2-1 beats · initials SG
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Sara Olivia
2-4 beats · initials SO · Sara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Sara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Sara Maria
2-3 beats · initials SM
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Sara Sophia
2-3 beats · initials SS
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Sara Rose
2-1 beats · initials SR
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Sara Emily
2-3 beats · initials SE · Sara slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Sara slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Sara Julia
2-3 beats · initials SJ
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Sara Miriam
2-3 beats · initials SM
Changes the beat after Sara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Sara
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 491 in Ireland
97% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,243 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 515 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 754 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 260 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
1 in 577 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Sara across countries and decades.
Famous people named Sara
Sara Bareilles, Sara Errani, Sara Teasdale, Sara Gilbert, Sara Duterte, Sara Ahmed, Sara Canning and Sara Kolak.
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American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist born 1979
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Italian tennis player (born 1987)
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American writer and poet (1884–1933)
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American actress born 1975
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Vice President of the Philippines since 2022 born 1978
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British-Australian scholar (b. 1985) born 1969
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Canadian actress born 1987
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Croatian javelin thrower born 1995
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Sara
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Sara?
Her best rank is No. 9 in Croatia in 2025. She is in the published lists of 26 of our 40 regions.
What does Sara mean?
Sara takes her meaning from Sarah: "lady, princess", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Sara?
SAIR-uh, with 2 syllables.
Is Sara getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 2 of 25 regions, falling in 12.
Which sister names go with Sara?
The deck's top five sisters for Sara: Eva, Victoria, Julia, Anna and Lena. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.