Saarah — girls' name
241 babies named Saarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Saarah was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Saarah in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saarah
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Saarah between 1991 and 2021, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saarah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saarah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saarah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saarah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saarah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 241 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Saarah at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1991
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
241 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 17 births in a single year.
Saarah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 102 births that decade — 42% of Saarah's all-time total
Saarah decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Saarah's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Saarah by state
Where Saarah concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 241 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.