Sarrah — #12132 US girls' name
1,630 babies named Sarrah in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Sarrah was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Sarrah in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sarrah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,630 babies named Sarrah between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sarrah currently holds the #12132 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sarrah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 383 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sarrah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Sarrah in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sarrah 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 1,630 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.
Sarrah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sarrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (1977)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #12132 among girls.
1,630 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 46 births in a single year.
Sarrah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 383 births that decade — 23% of Sarrah's all-time total
Sarrah decade highlights
- Peak decade 383 births
- Runner-up 344 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sarrah's strongest decade
383 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Sarrah by state
Where Sarrah concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 107 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
107 of 1,630 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% 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, 1882–2024 (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.