Sarah

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #90in 2025
  • 1 in 593girls in 2025
  • −34%last ten years
  • 2.9×in New York

Most popular in 1981. Quieter now: down 34% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

08,44616,89118801916195319892025

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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
Sarah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188014,155
188113,333
188213,074
188312,099
188411,766
188510,702
188610,856
18879,837
18889,825
18899,699
18909,381
18918,998
18928,468
18937,665
18947,630
18957,606
18967,107
18977,314
18986,956
18996,811
19006,852
19016,326
19026,475
19035,928
19045,789
19056,042
19065,747
19075,647
19085,426
19095,314
19105,480
19115,262
19125,230
19135,088
19144,831
19154,487
19164,594
19174,408
19184,292
19194,444
19204,198
19214,074
19224,148
19234,114
19244,040
19253,848
19263,732
19273,820
19283,680
19293,418
19303,482
19313,415
19323,371
19333,593
19343,448
19353,448
19363,379
19373,372
19383,398
19393,348
19403,383
19413,296
19423,035
19432,860
19442,906
19452,748
19462,488
19472,382
19482,449
19492,510
19502,418
19512,237
19522,182
19532,172
19542,080
19552,035
19561,930
19571,950
19581,945
19591,912
19602,080
19612,083
19622,313
19632,371
19642,419
19652,301
19662,384
19672,507
19682,737
19693,010
19703,211
19713,512
19724,019
19734,947
19746,670
19757,662
19769,551
197711,803
197813,040
197913,091
198015,513
198116,891
198216,821
198316,298
198415,374
198514,458
198616,416
198716,044
198815,933
198915,078
199013,602
199113,458
199213,360
199313,409
199412,487
199512,166
199612,007
199711,901
199811,261
199910,778
20009,755
20018,846
20028,225
20037,545
20046,948
20056,253
20065,870
20075,209
20084,789
20094,243
20103,567
20113,167
20122,957
20132,687
20142,641
20152,540
20162,499
20172,338
20182,223
20191,981
20201,899
20211,746
20221,713
20231,727
20241,678
20251,686

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. New York 2.9×
  2. New Jersey 2.7×
  3. North Dakota 1.9×
  4. Florida 1.6×
  5. Massachusetts 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,710
Rank in 2025
#90
How rare
1 in 593 girls
Since 1880
1,098,498

Most popular in 1981, at 16,891 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York2.9×1,138
New Jersey2.7×494
North Dakota1.9×25
Florida1.6×704
Massachusetts1.6×193

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