Sara: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced SAIR-uh · 2 syllables

Sara means “lady, princess; masters, princes”, from Latin.

From Latin Sara (“Sarah”).

How popular is Sara?

Sara was the #198 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,568 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Sara in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Sara are older than 41; most are between 21 and 74. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Sara have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Sara means “lady, princess; masters, princes”. It comes from Latin.

Sara is pronounced SAIR-uh.

Sara was the #198 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,568 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Sara are older than 41. Most are between 21 and 74.