Sara
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Sara
Sara, the streamlined form of Sarah, makes this ancient name feel more modern, but perhaps a bit lighter weight.
Some Old Testament sources give Sara as a variation of Sarai, the Biblical personage's original name, and some give it as the authentic form of the new name of Isaac's 90-year-old mother Sarah. But most sources authenticate Sarah as the Biblical classic and Sara as the variation.
Currently in the US, there are about two baby girls named Sarah for every one given the Sara spelling.
Nameberry visitors have debated whether Sara is pronounced differently from Sarah. In the US, the answer is, usually not, but in some countries, Sara is sah-rah while Sarah's first syllable rhymes with hair.
Sara is also given to boys.
Pronounced SAR-ah.
As of October 2026, Sara ranked #198 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #26 in 1981, Nameberry popularity #626.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #167 | 1,971 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #161 | 1,981 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #151 | 2,040 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #158 | 1,886 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #169 | 1,717 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #162 | 1,746 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #183 | 1,576 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #197 | 1,517 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #178 | 1,679 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #188 | 1,599 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #188 | 1,605 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #198 | 1,568 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Sara on lists
Famous Saras
- Sara Gilbert (born Sara Rebecca Abeles)Girl
American actress
- Sara Ullrika WatkinsGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Sara EdwardsGirl
Welsh television presenter
- Sara Trevor TeasdaleGirl
American poet
- Sara Elena RamirezGirl
Mexican,American actress
- Sara Sothern (born Sara Viola Warmbrodt)Girl
American actress
- Sara SampaioGirl
Portuguese model
- Sara Beth BareillesGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Sara QuinGirl
Canadian musician
- Sara PennypackerGirl
American novelist
- Sara ShepherdGirl
American novelist
- Sara ErraniGirl
Italian tennis player
- Sara Ann Delano RooseveltGirl
mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Sara Elizabeth DallinGirl
English singer
- Sara AllgoodGirl
Irish actress
- Sara SheenGirl
English actress
- Sara CarterGirl
American singer
- Sara ColeridgeGirl
English novelist
- Sara Helena LumholdtGirl
Swedish singer
- Sara KhanGirl
Indian model and actress
- Sara ArjunGirl
Indian actress
- Sara Miller McCuneGirl
executive chairman and founder of Sage Publications
- Sara WaisglassGirl
Canadian actress
- Sara Llana GarciaGirl
Spanish rhythmic gymnast
- Sara Elizabeth “Lizzy” TannerGirl
daughter of youtube stars Johnny and Sara Tanner, part of Tannerites & Yawi Vlogs
- Sara Jean Underwood (b.1984) American ModelGirl
Playboy Magazine Playmate of the Year for 2007
- Sara Natividad LongGirl
Spanish American Model , also goes by the name Sarita
Sara in pop culture
- Sara CreweGirl
main character in book/movie "A Little Princess"
- Sara StanleyGirl
main character in L.M. Montgomery's "The Story Girl" and "The Golden Road"
- Sara YarnellGirl
main character on TV's "Sara"
- Sara TancrediGirl
character on TV's "Prison Break"
- Sara GraimanGirl
character on TV's "Knight Rider"
- Sara FitzgeraldGirl
character in Jodi Picoult's "My Sister's Keeper"
- Sara SidleGirl
character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- SaraGirl
main character in movie "Race to Witch Mountain"
- Sara PezziniGirl
character in comic book series "Witchblade"
- Sara KingdomGirl
character on TV's "Doctor Who"
- Sara De RooseGirl
main character on Belgian soap "Sara"
- Sara EvansGirl
character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- Sara SpoonerGirl
character on TV's "King of Queens"
- Sara WarringtonGirl
character on British soap "Family Affairs"
- Sara KingsleyGirl
character on "Grandfathered"
- Sara MooreGirl
character in "Mindhunters"
- Sara TaylorGirl
character in "Penthouse North"
- Sara HarveyGirl
reoccurring character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Sara RiceGirl
character on Netflix's original series "Orange Is the New Black"
- Sara Lance aka White CanaryGirl
character in DC Universe and in "Legends of Tomorrow" and "Arrow"
- Sara SmolinskyGirl
character from Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
- Sara RyderGirl
character in the game "Mass Effect: Andromeda"
- SaraGirl
character in "Over the Garden Wall"
- Sara HowardGirl
character in "The Alienist"
- "Sara"Girl
Bob Dylan song
- "Zak and SaraGirl
" Ben Folds song
- "SaraGirl
" Fleetwood Mac song
- "SaraGirl
" Starship song
- "Sara Smile"Girl
Daryl Hall and John Oates song
- Sara LeeGirl
food company
- SaraGirl
a character in the anime/mange Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Queen Sara SaturdayGirl
Puppet from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”