SARA is ranked as the 225th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 303,174.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 95.08 people named SARA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named SARA is 353,535.
The SSA data also shows that SARA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SARA is
71.5% White,
14.5% Hispanic origin,
9.6% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SARA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Black.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SARA is included in the following name categories:
German Common surname
Spanish feminine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Feminine given name
Common Danish feminine given name - DST Data
Common Norwegian surname - SSB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Polish feminine given name
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SARA
The state with the most people named
SARA is
California where
39,718 people have this name.
Minnesota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SARA, as
173.53 in every 100,000
Minnesotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Minnesota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Louisiana
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SARA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,906
53.61
99.4%
Indiana
4,583
69.47
99.0%
Iowa
5,142
165.5
99.5%
Kansas
1,688
58.12
97.8%
Michigan
10,541
106.37
99.7%
Minnesota
9,470
173.53
99.7%
Missouri
1,476
49.29
98.0%
Nebraska
1,222
64.95
97.3%
North Dakota
394
53.28
93.1%
Ohio
6,518
56.22
99.2%
South Dakota
416
48.71
93.5%
Wisconsin
9,356
162.5
99.6%
West States
State stats for the first name SARA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
398
54.05
93.1%
Arizona
4,332
64.35
98.8%
California
39,718
102.36
99.8%
Colorado
3,809
71.11
98.9%
Hawaii
1,078
75.92
98.7%
Idaho
640
39.17
95.8%
Montana
580
56.71
95.1%
Nevada
1,697
59.76
98.2%
New Mexico
1,379
66.12
97.3%
Oregon
2,535
63.86
98.5%
Utah
1,582
53.75
97.9%
Washington
7,751
109.77
99.6%
Wyoming
354
60.66
93.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SARA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SARA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SARA.
The most popular full name is SARA Smith.
0.67% of all the people named SARA
have this family name.
There are 26616 last
names associated with this first name.