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Sarah

Pronounced /ˈsɛɚ.ə/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1989 · #820
Origin
Arabic, Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:2,697 in 2024 (#95)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Sarah in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1989 with 146 babies, ranked #820.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1883.
  • 3,339 boys 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.

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Greatest: 332 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 389 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 246 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 597 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,340 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 296 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 38 babies, 0.00 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.