Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Sarah

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

Endangered Down 90.5% from peak

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

28,488

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

90.5%

2024

2,697

All-time

1,095,724

Sarah once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1982, when 28,488 girls were named Sarah.

In 2024, only 2,697 girls were given the name.

Down 90.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,095,724 Americans have been named Sarah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.5% from peak

In 1982:28,488 girls named Sarah

In 2024:2,697 girls named Sarah

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