UK girl's name
Sarah-Anne
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2004. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Sarah-Anne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Sarah-Anne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2004 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4598, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 3 births.
This profile covers 12 England and Wales registrations across 4 recorded years from 1996 to 2004. 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 100% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 26 living people in the UK are called Sarah-Anne. 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 2005 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Sarah-Anne ranked #4598 for girls in England and Wales in 2004, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 3 girls were registered as Sarah-Anne.
- • Sarah-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #621 in 1999.
- • About 26 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sarah-Anne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4598
2004
Births in 2004
3
Latest year
Peak year
1996
3 births
Estimated living
26
2026
Popularity
Sarah-Anne over time
The chart below shows babies named Sarah-Anne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2004. 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-Anne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2004, compared with 3 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Sarah-Anne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sarah-Anne 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 | #4298 | 6 | 2 |
| 1990s | #3822 | 6 | 2 |
Geography
Where Sarah-Anne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sarah-Anne. 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-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #621 in 1999.
Across the UK
Sarah-Anne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#621 in 1999
4 years of NRS records, 14 total registered
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FAQ
Sarah-Anne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Sarah-Anne in the UK right now?
In 2004, Sarah-Anne was ranked #4598 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Sarah-Anne most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 3 babies registered as Sarah-Anne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Sarah-Anne in the UK?
A total of 12 babies have been registered as Sarah-Anne across the 4 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 14 more in Scotland.
Where is Sarah-Anne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Sarah-Anne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #621 in 1999. 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.