Sara

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #198in 2025
  • 1 in 1,025girls in 2025
  • −12%last ten years
  • 4.8×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1981.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,4056,81018801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Sara, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,813
18811,599
18821,669
18831,629
18841,527
18851,616
18861,709
18871,466
18881,640
18891,603
18901,376
18911,402
18921,300
18931,362
18941,364
18951,554
18961,370
18971,507
18981,399
18991,386
19001,251
19011,316
19021,269
19031,271
19041,304
19051,499
19061,548
19071,551
19081,633
19091,610
19101,596
19111,642
19121,724
19131,795
19141,954
19151,944
19161,907
19171,986
19181,982
19191,921
19201,973
19211,906
19221,848
19231,811
19241,852
19251,669
19261,706
19271,672
19281,624
19291,566
19301,572
19311,603
19321,648
19331,847
19341,766
19351,691
19361,752
19371,787
19381,766
19391,708
19401,825
19411,714
19421,622
19431,448
19441,434
19451,379
19461,295
19471,226
19481,190
19491,152
19501,202
19511,154
19521,102
19531,105
19541,092
19551,009
1956998
19571,032
1958990
19591,004
19601,007
19611,089
19621,257
19631,290
19641,243
19651,118
19661,217
19671,342
19681,498
19691,654
19701,750
19711,927
19722,090
19732,386
19743,169
19753,520
19765,474
19775,680
19785,790
19795,391
19806,714
19816,810
19826,699
19836,038
19845,531
19856,138
19866,442
19875,803
19885,627
19895,265
19904,729
19914,718
19924,579
19934,368
19944,043
19953,808
19963,587
19973,538
19983,401
19993,172
20002,932
20012,863
20022,752
20032,607
20042,454
20052,319
20062,320
20072,093
20081,901
20091,657
20101,483
20111,362
20121,284
20131,193
20141,104
20151,110
20161,152
20171,093
20181,010
20191,040
2020976
2021926
20221,024
2023998
2024995
2025976

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 4.8×
  2. New York 3.1×
  3. Maryland 1.5×
  4. Alabama 1.3×
  5. Illinois 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,568
Rank in 2025
#198
How rare
1 in 1,025 girls
Since 1880
436,193

Most popular in 1981, at 6,810 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 12% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey4.8×515
New York3.1×721
Maryland1.5×92
Alabama1.3×74
Illinois1.3×177

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.