Sarah
Meaning and origin
From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Swedish Sara.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sarah (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sarah has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 109 |
| 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 91 |
| 2001 | 91 |
| 2002 | 85 |
| 2003 | 67 |
| 2004 | 77 |
| 2005 | 69 |
| 2006 | 61 |
| 2007 | 66 |
| 2008 | 78 |
| 2009 | 56 |
| 2010 | 53 |
| 2011 | 50 |
| 2012 | 41 |
| 2013 | 39 |
| 2014 | 48 |
| 2015 | 37 |
| 2016 | 53 |
| 2017 | 61 |
| 2018 | 52 |
| 2019 | 30 |
| 2020 | 39 |
| 2021 | 26 |
| 2022 | 34 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,961 |
| 2000 | 4,117 |
| 2001 | 4,260 |
| 2002 | 4,376 |
| 2003 | 4,482 |
| 2004 | 4,606 |
| 2005 | 4,688 |
| 2006 | 4,817 |
| 2007 | 4,989 |
| 2008 | 5,208 |
| 2009 | 5,365 |
| 2010 | 5,447 |
| 2011 | 5,586 |
| 2012 | 5,710 |
| 2013 | 5,802 |
| 2014 | 5,956 |
| 2015 | 6,073 |
| 2016 | 6,253 |
| 2017 | 6,435 |
| 2018 | 6,613 |
| 2019 | 6,716 |
| 2020 | 6,799 |
Sarah in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sarah.Hi! My name is Sarah.
- Sarah har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sarah has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Sarah i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sarah this afternoon.
- Sarahs mamma är lärare.Sarah's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sarahs mamma is Sarah's mum.
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Questions about Sarah
How do you pronounce Sarah in Swedish?
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What does the name Sarah mean?
From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Swedish Sara.
How popular is Sarah in Sweden?
34 babies were named Sarah in 2022. In 2020, 6,799 people in Sweden had Sarah as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.