UK girl's name
Sarah-Jayne
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2018. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Sarah-Jayne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Sarah-Jayne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2018 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4684, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 23 births.
This profile covers 117 England and Wales registrations across 17 recorded years from 1996 to 2018. 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 17% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 155 living people in the UK are called Sarah-Jayne. 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 2019 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Sarah-Jayne ranked #4684 for girls in England and Wales in 2018, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 23 girls were registered as Sarah-Jayne.
- • Sarah-Jayne ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #413 in 2007.
- • About 155 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sarah-Jayne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4684
2018
Births in 2018
4
Latest year
Peak year
1996
23 births
Estimated living
155
2026
Popularity
Sarah-Jayne over time
The chart below shows babies named Sarah-Jayne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2018. 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-Jayne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2018, compared with 23 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Sarah-Jayne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sarah-Jayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4487 | 13 | 3 |
| 2000s | #3285 | 59 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1930 | 45 | 4 |
Geography
Where Sarah-Jayne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sarah-Jayne. 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-Jayne ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #413 in 2007.
Across the UK
Sarah-Jayne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#629 in 2000
9 years of NRS records, 32 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#413 in 2007
2 years of NISRA records, 7 total registered
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- Stephanie 9,309
FAQ
Sarah-Jayne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Sarah-Jayne in the UK right now?
In 2018, Sarah-Jayne was ranked #4684 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Sarah-Jayne most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 23 babies registered as Sarah-Jayne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Sarah-Jayne in the UK?
A total of 117 babies have been registered as Sarah-Jayne across the 17 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 32 more in Scotland and 7 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Sarah-Jayne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Sarah-Jayne ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #413 in 2007. 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.