Over the past 110 years, 151 boys and 415 530 girls have been named Sara. The name Sara ranks 5103th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Sara in 1976. The peak of popularity of the name Sara came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.