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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sara” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sara” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sara” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sara” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sara” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sara” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sara” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sara” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 165 0.000818924 165 100%
1881 147 0.000762891 147 100%
1882 180 0.00081252 180 100%
1883 183 0.000843528 183 100%
1884 197 0.000809164 197 100%
1885 215 0.000892657 215 100%
1886 247 0.000967429 247 100%
1887 214 0.000865024 214 100%
1888 293 0.000978382 293 100%
1889 286 0.000989804 286 100%
1890 262 0.000869274 262 100%
1891 260 0.000906957 260 100%
1892 276 0.000825423 276 100%
1893 290 0.000891696 290 100%
1894 304 0.000897576 304 100%
1895 363 0.001034129 363 100%
1896 326 0.000911929 326 100%
1897 353 0.001017417 353 100%
1898 362 0.000948998 362 100%
1899 323 0.000952145 323 100%
1900 375 0.000832856 375 100%
1901 315 0.0009109 315 100%
1902 335 0.000866231 335 100%
1903 333 0.000873557 333 100%
1904 359 0.000889748 359 100%
1905 437 0.00103085 437 100%
1906 457 0.001066633 457 100%
1907 494 0.001061475 494 100%
1908 551 0.001127599 546 5 98%
1909 559 0.001093454 559 100%
1910 633 0.00107159 633 100%
1911 687 0.00106631 687 100%
1912 962 0.000973623 962 100%
1913 1121 0.000985833 1121 100%
1914 1488 0.001050592 1488 100%
1915 1922 0.001048883 1913 9 99%
1916 1992 0.001029768 1992 100%
1917 2147 0.001069889 2147 100%
1918 2300 0.001059365 2295 5 100%
1919 2180 0.001033055 2171 9 99%
1920 2373 0.001048774 2364 9 99%
1921 2356 0.001009208 2350 6 99%
1922 2230 0.000974158 2220 10 99%
1923 2185 0.000948976 2185 100%
1924 2313 0.000971192 2313 100%
1925 2037 0.000873012 2032 5 100%
1926 2029 0.000883747 2022 7 99%
1927 2002 0.00086317 1994 8 99%
1928 1881 0.000831956 1873 8 99%
1929 1759 0.000802405 1748 11 99%
1930 1781 0.000801066 1770 11 99%
1931 1715 0.000814964 1707 8 99%
1932 1769 0.000837876 1759 10 99%
1933 1872 0.000936259 1862 10 99%
1934 1860 0.000895602 1844 16 98%
1935 1782 0.000852672 1773 9 99%
1936 1835 0.00088324 1823 12 99%
1937 1910 0.000896432 1901 9 99%
1938 1959 0.000885394 1949 10 99%
1939 1883 0.000854572 1873 10 99%
1940 2096 0.000910242 2087 9 99%
1941 2078 0.000852889 2071 7 99%
1942 2197 0.000804226 2191 6 99%
1943 2030 0.000719206 2020 10 99%
1944 1911 0.000710388 1903 8 99%
1945 1803 0.000679631 1803 100%
1946 2040 0.000638436 2035 5 100%
1947 2184 0.000606276 2174 10 99%
1948 2025 0.000586528 2020 5 100%
1949 1971 0.000565603 1971 100%
1950 2065 0.000589434 2059 6 99%
1951 2079 0.000564372 2079 100%
1952 2044 0.000538177 2044 100%
1953 2084 0.000540787 2078 6 99%
1954 2121 0.00053282 2121 100%
1955 1973 0.000491397 1973 100%
1956 2010 0.000487505 2004 6 99%
1957 2115 0.000503315 2110 5 100%
1958 1996 0.000482837 1991 5 99%
1959 2039 0.000490381 2032 7 99%
1960 2038 0.000490633 2038 100%
1961 2198 0.000530623 2198 100%
1962 2479 0.000614318 2471 8 99%
1963 2492 0.000629579 2486 6 100%
1964 2365 0.000608344 2356 9 99%
1965 1981 0.000546415 1973 8 99%
1966 2059 0.000592406 2059 100%
1967 2225 0.000655395 2216 9 99%
1968 2470 0.000731112 2456 14 99%
1969 2799 0.000805393 2792 7 99%
1970 3072 0.000851792 3060 12 99%
1971 3218 0.000937549 3206 12 99%
1972 3190 0.001014956 3181 9 99%
1973 3494 0.001158147 3479 15 99%
1974 4670 0.001536185 4651 19 99%
1975 5143 0.001703322 5131 12 100%
1976 8050 0.002653001 8020 30 99%
1977 8740 0.002751461 8709 31 99%
1978 8900 0.002804148 8869 31 99%
1979 8685 0.00261046 8654 31 99%
1980 11193 0.003249523 11149 44 99%
1981 11390 0.003292502 11358 32 99%
1982 11392 0.00324747 11345 47 99%
1983 10128 0.002924346 10086 42 99%
1984 9360 0.002682905 9315 45 99%
1985 10608 0.00297217 10562 46 99%
1986 11092 0.00311829 11052 40 99%
1987 10139 0.002812004 10090 49 99%
1988 10061 0.002722837 10018 43 99%
1989 9756 0.002537686 9706 50 99%
1990 9007 0.002278824 8979 28 99%
1991 8868 0.00227661 8846 22 100%
1992 8457 0.002201614 8444 13 100%
1993 7918 0.00210011 7902 16 100%
1994 7237 0.001946658 7219 18 100%
1995 6705 0.001830889 6697 8 100%
1996 6298 0.001726807 6288 10 100%
1997 6167 0.00170089 6159 8 100%
1998 6023 0.001637483 6010 13 100%
1999 5640 0.001526855 5626 14 100%
2000 5336 0.001411676 5325 11 100%
2001 5163 0.001379231 5156 7 100%
2002 4949 0.001323867 4944 5 100%
2003 4769 0.001254235 4764 5 100%
2004 4531 0.001185839 4507 24 99%
2005 4293 0.00111656 4283 10 100%
2006 4417 0.001116478 4409 8 100%
2007 4029 0.001007834 4024 5 100%
2008 3602 0.000916384 3595 7 100%
2009 3043 0.00079656 3043 100%
2010 2641 0.000714607 2636 5 100%
2011 2394 0.000654493 2394 100%
2012 2260 0.000617931 2260 100%
2013 2092 0.000573832 2092 100%
2014 1978 0.000533675 1971 7 99%
2015 1981 0.000535273 1981 100%
2016 2040 0.000556056 2040 100%
2017 1886 0.000527376 1886 100%
2018 1717 0.000488353 1717 100%
2019 1746 0.000503035 1746 100%
2020 1576 0.000471775 1576 100%
2021 1523 0.000449535 1517 6 99%
2022 1679 0.000496285 1679 100%
2023 1599 0.000482907 1599 100%
2024 1610 0.000483701 1605 5 99%

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