Sarah Name Popularity

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How popular is Sarah?

In 2018 the popular name Sarah, ranked the 67th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Sarah has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #3 in 1993.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1982 with 28,484 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Sarah was 1,226 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1897-1900, 1906-1916, and 1966-1981, the name Sarah took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1989-2013, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sarah's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Sarah lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sarah?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Sarah is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Sarah (Girl)		Sarah (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		3,734	67	< 5	--
2017		4,009	62	5	13,856
2016		4,412	57	9	8,673
2015		4,521	57	10	7,926
2014		4,703	50	< 5	--
2013		4,701	48	5	13,690
2012		5,190	43	6	11,997
2011		5,556	39	5	13,968
2010		6,328	27	5	13,900
2009		7,780	21	12	7,149
2008		9,045	20	17	5,444
2007		9,992	18	13	6,542
2006		11,150	15	17	5,259
2005		11,532	15	18	4,785
2004		12,737	12	53	2,205
2003		13,760	12	26	3,504
2002		14,760	8	22	3,890
2001		15,899	6	22	3,820
2000		17,702	5	26	3,280
1999		19,104	4	13	5,268
1998		19,884	4	24	3,278
1997		20,707	4	17	4,022
1996		21,040	4	33	2,427
1995		21,383	5	32	2,433
1994		22,291	5	44	1,922
1993		24,252	3	46	1,845
1992		24,635	5	53	1,655
1991		25,225	6	37	2,047
1990		25,817	6	57	1,513
1989		27,793	5	146	823
1988		28,368	4	88	1,062
1987		27,890	5	110	896
1986		28,155	5	116	844
1985		24,882	5	101	905
1984		25,884	5	122	791
1983		27,229	5	118	807
1982		28,484	4	125	792
1981		28,173	4	109	844
1980		25,755	5	84	985
1979		21,018	6	84	971
1978		19,977	8	82	960
1977		18,094	11	64	1,090
1976		13,993	15	46	1,315
1975		11,171	17	46	1,275
1974		9,788	20	31	1,614
1973		7,216	35	33	1,504
1972		6,113	49	20	2,064
1971		5,845	58	16	2,450
1970		5,616	65	16	2,387
1969		5,080	72	15	2,291
1968		4,485	78	14	2,292
1967		4,138	83	15	2,127
1966		4,033	85	14	2,203
1965		4,057	92	17	1,977
1964		4,586	92	17	2,028
1963		4,573	94	14	2,279
1962		4,543	98	15	2,178
1961		4,208	113	15	2,219
1960		4,203	116	13	2,404
1959		3,874	119	15	2,177
1958		3,911	117	13	2,351
1957		3,983	116	13	2,359
1956		3,871	115	12	2,480
1955		3,980	108	16	2,031
1954		4,040	103	11	2,573
1953		4,083	93	11	2,518
1952		4,047	93	8	3,066
1951		4,029	91	9	2,821
1950		4,145	88	11	2,418
1949		4,296	84	11	2,434
1948		4,157	85	10	2,591
1947		4,223	93	17	1,907
1946		3,907	92	14	2,016
1945		3,592	76	10	2,374
1944		3,858	67	8	2,831
1943		3,987	71	17	1,824
1942		4,102	67	20	1,625
1941		3,981	60	19	1,629
1940		3,870	60	24	1,393
1939		3,671	68	18	1,625
1938		3,748	67	22	1,470
1937		3,587	65	25	1,368
1936		3,516	63	20	1,536
1935		3,617	61	19	1,644
1934		3,598	67	28	1,289
1933		3,620	58	30	1,226
1932		3,598	67	24	1,460
1931		3,636	71	22	1,530
1930		3,920	70	28	1,394
1929		3,815	68	21	1,666
1928		4,242	64	34	1,250
1927		4,557	61	34	1,264
1926		4,423	63	13	2,414
1925		4,688	58	24	1,574
1924		5,044	54	28	1,451
1923		4,963	54	19	1,863
1922		4,982	51	19	1,872
1921		5,023	54	19	1,888
1920		5,031	50	14	2,321
1919		5,022	46	11	2,637
1918		4,969	52	14	2,244
1917		4,766	52	11	2,538
1916		4,798	52	19	1,687
1915		4,415	51	15	1,952
1914		3,679	47	13	1,850
1913		3,178	43	10	1,924
1912		2,919	41	16	1,216
1911		2,201	42	9	1,275
1910		2,173	40	6	1,558
1909		1,845	49	11	948
1908		1,814	48	< 5	--
1907		1,799	48	< 5	--
1906		1,697	44	< 5	--
1905		1,762	41	5	1,397
1904		1,594	43	7	1,046
1903		1,553	41	5	1,282
1902		1,710	39	5	1,290
1901		1,514	40	5	1,192
1900		2,055	37	5	1,476
1899		1,587	38	11	653
1898		1,800	37	5	1,271
1897		1,713	34	9	779
1896		1,691	35	5	1,244
1895		1,777	33	8	860
1894		1,701	34	10	721
1893		1,632	33	6	1,015
1892		1,798	28	6	1,052
1891		1,669	24	< 5	--
1890		1,786	21	5	1,136
1889		1,730	20	5	1,093
1888		1,755	20	< 5	--
1887		1,436	20	< 5	--
1886		1,569	16	6	951
1885		1,424	18	7	824
1884		1,518	14	6	954
1883		1,359	12	7	790
1882		1,410	12	< 5	--
1881		1,226	12	< 5	--
1880		1,288	10	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.