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UK girl's name

Sarah-Ann

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2007. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Sarah-Ann is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Sarah-Ann popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2007 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5201, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1999, with 4 births.

This profile covers 16 England and Wales registrations across 5 recorded years from 1996 to 2007. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.

The latest count is about 75% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 31 living people in the UK are called Sarah-Ann. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2008 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Sarah-Ann ranked #5201 for girls in England and Wales in 2007, with 3 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 1999, when 4 girls were registered as Sarah-Ann.
  • Sarah-Ann ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #545 in 1995.
  • About 31 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sarah-Ann as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#5201

2007

Births in 2007

3

Latest year

Peak year

1999

4 births

Estimated living

31

2026

Popularity

Sarah-Ann over time

The chart below shows babies named Sarah-Ann registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2007. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.

For Sarah-Ann, the clearest high point is 1999. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2007, compared with 4 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Sarah-Ann
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Decades

Sarah-Ann by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sarah-Ann was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.

Decade Average rank Total births Years covered
2000s #4900 6 2
1990s #3623 10 3

Geography

Where Sarah-Ann is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sarah-Ann. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Sarah-Ann ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #545 in 1995.

Scotland
4

Across the UK

Sarah-Ann in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#545 in 1995

4 years of NRS records, 15 total registered

Related

Names similar to Sarah-Ann

FAQ

Sarah-Ann: questions and answers

How popular is the name Sarah-Ann in the UK right now?

In 2007, Sarah-Ann was ranked #5201 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.

When was Sarah-Ann most popular?

The peak year on record was 1999, with 4 babies registered as Sarah-Ann in England and Wales.

How many people are called Sarah-Ann in the UK?

A total of 16 babies have been registered as Sarah-Ann across the 5 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 15 more in Scotland.

Where is Sarah-Ann most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Sarah-Ann ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #545 in 1995. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.