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Baby name
Sara
Girl
Origin of the name
Sara is a form of Sarah, from the Hebrew, “lady, princess.”
Classic name
436,193births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 26rank at its peak, in 1981
Where babies named Sara are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Sara is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sara is most common in South Carolina (1.4 times), Georgia (1.4) and Wisconsin (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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