Saara

Peak · girls
2019 · 20 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
392
since 1973

Saara over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Saara has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #5,986, 2019girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#13,4776
2023#8,98911
2022#10,3839
2021#8,97811
2020#7,55914
2019#5,98620
2018#7,10016
2017#6,04420
2016#7,23016
2015#8,93112
2014#6,71318
2013#8,13514
2012#10,42910
2011#9,15012
2010#11,2469
2009#9,97511
2008#8,96513
2007#10,81810
2006#7,86815
2005#13,0107
2004#12,7617
2003#9,67110
2002#10,2469
2001#13,5216
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1999#14,4115
1998#12,4266
1997#12,0706
1996#11,8076
1995#11,7836
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1993#11,7806
1992#10,4797
1991#10,2717
1990#9,2478
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1988#7,6919
1987#9,8256
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1985#9,3076
1984#10,4225
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Saara! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Saara is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,866 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Saara, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866

Best ever in a state: #1,405 in Illinois, 2025.

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See more about Saara
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5,592 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #7,885)
  • 326 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #7,885)
  • 1,046 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2019 at #5,986 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 83,918
  • Highest: 1 in 83,918 girls born in 2019 were named Saara (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.5% of all girls named Saara (147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#8,423 (1973)#8,423
1980s31#7,691 (1988)#9,531
1990s57#9,247 (1990)#11,586
2000s88#7,868 (2006)#10,759
2010s147#5,986 (2019)#8,096
2020s64#7,559 (2020)#9,545

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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