Sarah-Jane

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sarah-Jane: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #172, and it stood at #4,645 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#172highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#502
1997	#689
1998	#758
1999	#1317
2000	#1195
2001	#1107
2002	#1245
2003	#1129
2004	#1535
2005	#1589
2006	#1087
2007	#1502
2008	#1815
2009	#2535
2010	#2843
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2021	#5581
2022	#4645

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3985 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #502 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 recorded1997–2014
Highest recorded position: #172 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2014).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4645 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Sarah-Jane appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 355 births with the name.

Sarah-Jane across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sarah-Jane's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#502 (1996)	#502 (1996)	#4645 (2022)	26 of 27	355 (1996–2022)	53 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#172 (1997)	#172 (1997)	#365 (2014)	12 of 18	68 (1997–2014)	11 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#677 (2004)	#431 (2006)	#896 (2018)	15 of 15	86 (2004–2018)	9 (2007)

Sarah-Jane 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 Sarah-Jane in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	132	4 of 10	33
2000sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
2010s	53	10 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Sarah-Jane appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #172 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Sarah-Jane'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1087	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#689	35	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#502	53	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2022, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #172, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Sarah-Louise · #186, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Codie · #173, 30y
Jaiden · #171, 29y
Tyrese · #171, 27y
Abbi · #170, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jorgie · #172, 23y
Myah · #172, 30y
Codie · #173, 30y
Jaiden · #171, 29y

Sarah-Jane was ranked #172 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Sarah-Jane 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 Sarah-Jane without appearing here.

Sarah-Jane moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Carmel Compare
In 2005 they stood at #677 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #431 and #764.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #665 and #501 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #488 and #742.
Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #752 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #660 and #896.

Moved ahead of Sarah-Jane

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1489.
Denise Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Tracy Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Sarah-Jane

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 while Amalie went from #2096 to #940.

Moved the same way as Sarah-Jane

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 and Aisling from #440 to #1621.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Sarah-Jane went from #502 to #4645 and Alex from #161 to #2178.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #172 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Sarah-Jane

Sarah-Jane at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sarah-Jane across 3 official records

Sarah-Jane by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sarah-Jane at a glance

Sarah-Jane across 3 official records

Sarah-Jane by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sarah-Jane and the names beside it

Sarah-Jane moved ahead of

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