Girls' name · since 1971
Sarra
Sarra has 668 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,535 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 668
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sarra is the #13535 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 668 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sarra has been recorded 668 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #13535 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #9,826 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,535 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 668 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sarra ranks #9,826 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,535 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 668 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,535 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 668
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sarra's 668 recorded births place it above 86.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sarra compares
668 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sarra's all-time total is 78% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sarra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 668 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sarra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sarra's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sarra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Sarra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (210 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Sarra's strongest decade.
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Sarra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 66
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
185 births
- 1990s
1990s
210 births
- 2000s
2000s
154 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 210 births (31% of all-time use).
How Sarra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sarra's total volume
Sarra by state
Where Sarra concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 5.8% |
39 of 668 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sarra's data
- Sarra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (210 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sarras (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sarra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sarra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.