Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Sara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1981

Peak rank proxy

11,358

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19812024

Peak year

1981

Decline from peak

85.9%

2024

1,605

All-time

434,598

Sara has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1981, when 11,358 girls were named Sara.

In 2024, only 1,605 girls were given the name.

Down 85.9% from its peak.

All told, about 434,598 Americans have been named Sara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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