Saara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Saara is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Saara mean?
Hebrew: Finnish form of Sarah; also a spelling of Sara
“princess”
The Finnish and Estonian form of Sarah, and also a spelling of Sara used in Muslim families.
Is Saara a girl's or a boy's name?
Saara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Saara, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 71 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Saara than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Saara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 500 girls in the UK were given Saara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #127, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Saara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 43 | #909 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 53 | #805 |
| 2016 | 46 | #881 |
| 2015 | 39 | #994 |
| 2014 | 71 | #632 |
| 2013 | 57 | #752 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Saara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Saara, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more girls named Saara than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Saara in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,606 girls in the US were given Saara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #226, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Saara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Saara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Raya Hafsa Hiba Hawa Zainab Sama Khadija Amira Ayah Ayra Rahma
Other spellings of Saara
Names related to Saara
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saara, updated 20 October 2026.