Sarra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAIR-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sarra is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sarra mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Sarah
“princess”
In Genesis, Sarah is Abraham's wife, renamed from Sarai, who bore Isaac in her old age.
Meaning borrowed from Sarah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sarra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sarra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sarra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Sarra, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sarra than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Sarra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 424 girls in the UK were given Sarra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #150, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Sarah 420
- Sarra 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Sarra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Sarra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Sarra, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had more girls named Sarra than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Sarra in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,721 girls in the US were given Sarra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #125, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Sarra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Sarra
Names like Sarra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Summer Salma Saba Hiba Syeda Huda Faiza Zaira Hawa Aysha Maha
Other spellings of Sarra
Names related to Sarra
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, “Sarra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sarra, updated 20 October 2026.