사라

given name · Hangul script

Meaning: plate

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

사라 is a given name written in the Hangul script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 147as Sara(measured from records)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 186as שרה
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 221as Sarah

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than 사라 itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

874,128 named Sarah, 2020

#76 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

9 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
655 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 147 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden, as Sara

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SarahLatin(measured from records)
שרהHebrew(measured from records)
ЗараCyrillic(measured from records)
세라Hangul(measured from records)
ՍառաArmenian(measured from records)
ซาร่าThai(measured from records)
სარაGeorgian(measured from records)
সারাহBengali(measured from records)
SaٌrahArabic(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sarah in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 more, שרה in IL Israel and Sara in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

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Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

사라 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where 사라 is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#40874,128as Sarah1 in 381873KSarah655
BR Brazil—304,917as Sara1 in 694305K—11
GB United Kingdom#21≈290,000 est.≈1 in 228666Sarah414
ID Indonesia#189≈260,000 est.≈1 in 1KlistedSarah216
NG Nigeria#54≈260,000 est.≈1 in 825—Sarah119
ES Spain#238179,954as Sara1 in 278180KSarah184
AU Australia#16≈120,000 est.≈1 in 221393Sarah342
SE Sweden#769,262as Sara1 in 14769KSara170
IL Israel#11≈47,000 est.≈1 in 186589שרה122

874,128 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Sarah Bernhardt, b. 1844Muriel Spark, b. 1918Sarah Ferguson, b. 1959Sarah Mullally, b. 1962Sarah Palin, b. 1964Sarah Clarke, b. 1972Olivia Colman, b. 1974Sarah Shahi, b. 1980Rachel Bilson, b. 1981Sarah McBride, b. 1990
  • Sarah Bernhardtb. 1844FRFrench stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
  • Muriel Sparkb. 1918GBnot in their usual nameScottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)
  • Sarah Fergusonb. 1959GBBritish writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality, and former Duchess of York
  • Sarah Mullallyb. 1962GB106th archbishop of Canterbury
  • Sarah Palinb. 1964USGovernor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
  • Sarah Clarkeb. 1972USAmerican actress
  • Olivia Colmanb. 1974GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
  • Sarah Shahib. 1980USAmerican actress and model (born 1980)
  • Rachel Bilsonb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Sarah McBrideb. 1990USAmerican human rights activist and politician (born 1990)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name 사라 mean, and where does it come from?
plate Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is 사라 a male or female name?
사라 is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does 사라 have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 874 thousand people named Sarah, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is 사라 most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling 사라 itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Sweden's: the national register counts about 1 in 147 people named Sara.
How common is the name 사라?
In the United States, the national register counted 874,128 people named Sarah in 2020, about 1 in 381 residents.
How common is 사라 compared with other names?
In the United States, 사라 is the 40th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “사라” — the 40th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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