Sarra — #15674 US girls' name
662 babies named Sarra in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Sarra was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Sarra in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sarra
The Social Security Administration has registered 662 babies named Sarra between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sarra currently holds the #15674 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sarra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sarra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sarra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sarra 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 662 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.
Sarra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sarra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (1997)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #15674 among girls.
662 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 29 births in a single year.
Sarra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 210 births that decade — 32% of Sarra's all-time total
Sarra decade highlights
- Peak decade 210 births
- Runner-up 185 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sarra's strongest decade
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Sarra by state
Where Sarra concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 5.9% |
39 of 662 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.9% 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, 1971–2024 (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.