UK girl's name
Sarah-Jane
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2022. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Sarah-Jane is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Sarah-Jane popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2022 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4645, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 53 births.
This profile covers 355 England and Wales registrations across 26 recorded years from 1996 to 2022. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, 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 8% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 884 living people in the UK are called Sarah-Jane. 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 2023 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Sarah-Jane ranked #4645 for girls in England and Wales in 2022, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 53 girls were registered as Sarah-Jane.
- • Sarah-Jane ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #365 in 2014.
- • About 884 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sarah-Jane as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4645
2022
Births in 2022
4
Latest year
Peak year
1996
53 births
Estimated living
884
2026
Popularity
Sarah-Jane over time
The chart below shows babies named Sarah-Jane registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2022. 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-Jane, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2022, compared with 53 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Sarah-Jane by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sarah-Jane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #5113 | 7 | 2 |
| 2010s | #4183 | 53 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1474 | 163 | 10 |
| 1990s | #817 | 132 | 4 |
Geography
Where Sarah-Jane is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sarah-Jane. 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-Jane ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #365 in 2014.
Across the UK
Sarah-Jane in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#815 in 2012
34 years of NRS records, 471 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#365 in 2014
12 years of NISRA records, 68 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Sarah-Jane
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Sarah-Jane Perry
squash player
British squash player
1990-
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Sarah-Jane Crawford
actor; disc jockey; television presenter; radio personality
English television and radio presenter, actress
1985-
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Sarah-Jane Mee
television presenter
British television presenter
1979-
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Sarah-Jane Summers
musician
British musician
1977-
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Sarah-Jane Marsh
business executive
chief executive of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
1976-
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Sarah-Jane Potts
actor; film director; film actor
British actress
1976-
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Sarah-Jane Honeywell
singer; television presenter; presenter
English television presenter and singer
1974-
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Sarah-Jane Hutt
model; beauty pageant contestant
Miss World 1983
1964-
Related
Names similar to Sarah-Jane
- Sophie 103,803
- Sophia 46,936
- Scarlett 34,261
- Sienna 32,418
- Sofia 29,136
- Sarah 27,961
- Shannon 25,510
- Summer 24,167
- Sara 14,205
- Skye 13,654
- Samantha 12,697
- Stephanie 9,309
FAQ
Sarah-Jane: questions and answers
How popular is the name Sarah-Jane in the UK right now?
In 2022, Sarah-Jane was ranked #4645 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Sarah-Jane most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 53 babies registered as Sarah-Jane in England and Wales.
How many people are called Sarah-Jane in the UK?
A total of 355 babies have been registered as Sarah-Jane across the 26 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 471 more in Scotland and 68 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Sarah-Jane most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Sarah-Jane ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #365 in 2014. 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.