Baby name
FADING
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Sarah
/SER · ah/
Meaning
“Princess, biblical matriarch”
From Hebrew 'Sara' meaning princess, Biblical matriarch married to Abraham, foundational Jewish and Christian name.
Nicknames
sara · sally · sadie
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Sarah has held top-10 status across English-speaking nations since 1970s with remarkable consistency.
The cultural moment.
North America kept Sarah in the top 10 from the late 1970s into the early 2000s; it has been declining gradually since. Also spelled Saarah. Currently ranks #45 in the Netherlands, #54 in Austria, #64 in France, #66 in Ireland and #90 in the US.