Sara

Meaning: Lady; princess
Origin: Latin (from Hebrew) — Variant of Sarah

Girl's name · #198 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Sara reached #26 in 1981 and has faded to #198 since. About 436,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Sara is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Sara is especially popular in Bosnia (FBiH), Slovakia, and Serbia.

#2 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #6 in Slovakia (2025) · #9 in Serbia (2025) · #9 in Croatia (2025) · #10 in Netherlands (2025) · #10 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #16 in Hungary (2025) · #17 in Slovenia (2025) · #18 in Czechia (2025) · #20 in Spain (2024) · #23 in Ecuador (2025) · #41 in Poland (2025) and 14 more.

Famous Saras

Sara Bareilles — American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
Sara Errani — Italian tennis player (born 1987)
Sara Montiel — Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (1928–2013)
Sara Teasdale — American writer and poet (1884–1933)
Sara Gilbert — American actress

In stories & tradition

Sara Tancredi — Prison Break (TV series)
Sara Sidle — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
Sara Lance — Legends of Tomorrow (TV series)

What Saras become

Among 4,144 notable people named Sara:

Sports figures appear 1.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sara Errani, Italian tennis player (born 1987).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Sarah (#90), Sara would rank around #49 with about 4,300 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Sarah and Sara.

Similar names: Zara · Rachel · Zariah · Kara · Molly · Joanna

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