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Sarah
Pronounced /ˈsɛɚ.ə/
Rank in 2024
#95
Born in 2024
2,697
Peak year
1982 · #4
Origin
Arabic, Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,697 girls were named Sarah, about 1 in every 598.
- It peaked in 1982 with 28,488 babies, ranked #4.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,095,724 girls have been named Sarah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Sarah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 4.5Greatest1901–27
- 3.3Silent1928–45
- 2.2Boomers1946–64
- 6.5Gen X1965–80
- 14.6Millennials1981–96
- 6.9Gen Z1997–12
- 2.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 92,117 babies, 4.50 per 1,000. Silent: 67,963 babies, 3.29 per 1,000. Boomers: 78,666 babies, 2.20 per 1,000. Gen X: 166,393 babies, 6.51 per 1,000. Millennials: 411,572 babies, 14.57 per 1,000. Gen Z: 201,368 babies, 6.93 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 43,722 babies, 2.15 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)). ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɚ.ə/, /ˈsɛɹ.ə/, /ˈsɑɹ.ə/; (without the Mary–marry–merry merger, also) /ˈsæ.ɹə/, /ˈseɪ.ɹə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛː.ɹə/, /ˈsɛə.ɹə/, /ˈsɑɹ.ə/, /ˈsæ.ɹə/ Rhymes: -ɛɹə Rhymes: -æɹə ==== Proper noun ==== Sarah (countable and uncountable, plural Sarahs) (biblical) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible. A female given name from Hebrew.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- A female given name from Arabic, ultimately from the same source.
- Origin
- Arabic, Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈsɛɚ.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Sarah, CC BY-SA 4.0.