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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

SaraIn Hebrew: סארה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: סַארָה

Sara (Hebrew: סארה) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 5,276 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 109 girls and ranked #162. Its peak year was 2016, with 194 babies.

People in Israel
5,276
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
109
rank #162
Peak year
2016
194 babies
USA, 2025
1,568
rank #198

Writing and saying Sara

In Hebrew letters the name is סארה, read right to left. Sara is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Sara by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sara: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Sara in English-speaking countries

Sara in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,568#1981981 (11,359)
United Kingdom2025449#1202017 (701)
England and Wales2025427#1102017 (653)
Scotland202519#2041982 (98)
Northern Ireland20253#3971997 (34)
Ireland202537#1272011 (91)
British Columbia202313#2401981 (110)
Alberta202526#1601982 (112)
Quebec202543#1312008 (212)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Sara has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sara

How do you write Sara in Hebrew?

Sara is written סארה in Hebrew (with vowel points: סַארָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Sara?

5,276 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סארה: 5,271 women and 5 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Sara a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named סארה are women.

Is Sara used outside Israel?

The name Sara appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,568 girls were given it in 2025 (#198), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 449 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.