SARAH is ranked as the 102nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 584,474.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 183.3 people named SARAH 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 SARAH is 890,156.
The SSA data also shows that SARAH is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SARAH is
78.1% White,
5.6% Hispanic origin,
12.1% Black,
2.1% 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 SARAH have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SARAH is included in the following name categories:
Feminine given name
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
German Common surname
Greek Old and New Testament surname
Biblical surname
English feminine given name
Common Danish feminine given name - DST Data
Hebrew feminine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SARAH
The state with the most people named
SARAH is
California where
61,188 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SARAH, as
424.27 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Maine 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
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SARAH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
13,725
106.55
99.7%
Indiana
8,858
134.27
99.5%
Iowa
8,445
271.81
99.7%
Kansas
3,200
110.18
98.7%
Michigan
25,051
252.79
99.9%
Minnesota
15,986
292.93
99.8%
Missouri
4,906
163.86
99.4%
Nebraska
1,859
98.82
98.1%
North Dakota
603
81.56
94.7%
Ohio
14,084
121.48
99.6%
South Dakota
707
82.92
95.2%
Wisconsin
16,052
278.8
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name SARAH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
924
125.39
96.6%
Arizona
6,616
98.29
99.2%
California
61,188
157.69
99.9%
Colorado
6,868
128.23
99.4%
Hawaii
2,005
141.23
99.4%
Idaho
1,499
91.72
97.8%
Montana
1,114
108.83
97.1%
Nevada
2,605
91.74
98.9%
New Mexico
2,699
129.4
98.7%
Oregon
5,275
132.87
99.2%
Utah
2,691
91.46
98.6%
Washington
16,832
238.36
99.8%
Wyoming
709
121.32
96.2%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SARAH
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SARAH 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 SARAH.
The most popular full name is SARAH Smith.
0.88% of all the people named SARAH
have this family name.
There are 40948 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name SARAH