Saara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saara: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #589 in 2014, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#589highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#2152
1998	#1823
1999	#1317
2000	#2416
2001	#1617
2002	#1658
2003	#1628
2004	#1383
2005	#1082
2006	#1153
2007	#1196
2008	#1176
2009	#1055
2010	#1072
2011	#1117
2012	#998
2013	#733
2014	#589
2015	#942
2016	#822
2017	#771
2018	#1013
2019	#881
2020	#969
2021	#1505
2022	#1326
2023	#1108
2024	#1198

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #589 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000s	180	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	432	10 of 10	43
2020s	137	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births fell by 32, from 70 to 38.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #589 in England and Wales in 2014.

Saara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1108	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#969	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#881	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#771	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#822	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#589	70	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#733	54	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#998	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1117	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1072	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1055	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #589, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 70 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,198position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
70births registered in its largest year, 201450 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Saavan · #2901, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Naseem · #589, 26y
Hywel · #588, 29y
Manraj · #588, 29y
Faizaan · #586, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Naseem · #589, 26y
Elyza · #588, 20y
Hywel · #588, 29y
Manraj · #588, 29y

Saara was ranked #589 in England and Wales · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Saara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saara without appearing here.

Saara moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #3998.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1108 and #2689.
Pauline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1628 and #1269 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #2802.
Lorraine Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1383 and #1312 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1082 and #2438.

Moved ahead of Saara

Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1317 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2416 and #1313.
Maja Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1317 and #1473 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2416 and #1475.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #1107.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #881 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #969 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Saara

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saara went from #2416 to #1198 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Saara went from #1646 to #942 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saara went from #733 to #1198 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saara went from #733 to #1198 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Saara

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saara went from #2152 to #1198 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saara went from #2152 to #1198 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #589 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saara

Saara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Saara at a glance

Saara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saara appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Saara

Saara and the names beside it

Saara moved ahead of

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