Sarra
Feminine · “princess”
The Greek Bible writes this name with two r's. Sarra is how the Septuagint translators rendered the Hebrew, and it is the spelling that appears in the New Testament as well — so a doubled r is not a modern liberty but the oldest Greek form of the name. English took the Latin Sara and then added an h, and the double r fell out along the way.
How old is the name Sarra?
Sarra first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Sarra alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 700 people named Sarra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sarra most popular?
Sarra peaked in 1987, reaching #3257 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 9,951 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
Where it comes from
From Sarai to Sarra
The story of Sarra
Genesis renames both members of the couple in the same passage — Abram becomes Abraham and Sarai becomes Sarah — and the doubling of a letter in the Hebrew is part of what marks it. Greek wrote the result as Sarra, Latin as Sara, and English eventually as Sarah with an h that no other language felt the need for. The doubled-r spelling survives in Greek and in some Slavic and Arabic transliterations. American records carry Sarra from 1971 in small numbers, which suggests families reaching for the older form rather than inheriting it.
Meaning
princess, noblewoman
From the Hebrew sarah, a noblewoman or princess, from a root about ruling. Genesis records the name being changed: she is Sarai until God renames her Sarah, and the text treats the change as significant without ever explaining what the earlier form meant.
How the name formed
- Sarai
- Sarah
- Sarra
Related forms: Sarra · Sara · Sara · Sarah
Pronouncing Sarra
SAR-uh
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the doubled r keeping the vowel short — closer to the a in carry than to the one in car. Sarah is often said the other way, which is the one real difference between the spellings.
Nicknames for Sarra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 199729 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3257reached in 1987
- Change vs 2024
- +20.0%6 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sarra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sarra in Greek — same name
- Sara in Italian — same name
- Sara in Arabic — same name
- Sarah in Hebrew — transliteration
Sarras among us
people named Sarra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Sarra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sarra
- #13208
- Sarra on the 2025 chart
- #56
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sarra went to 6 girls in 2025, but Sarah and Sara are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 4,312, which makes it the 56th most-given girls’ name of the year — 13,152 places above the chart.
and 3 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 373 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 267,878 for Sarra itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Valaria test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sarra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Valaria climbed just as high around 1916, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Valaria's path sketches the road Sarra is walking now.
Sarra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Sarra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sarra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is the oldest Greek spelling of the name rather than a modern variation.
- The doubled r fixes a vowel that the standard spelling leaves open.
- Sadie and Sari are both available and belong to different worlds.
- The name behind it is among the most-used on earth, in every Abrahamic tradition.
- Sara and Sarah are both far commoner and will be written instead.
- The doubled r reads as an error to most people rather than as a Greek spelling.
- The name family is very heavily used, so a girl will meet many near-namesakes.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sarras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Sarra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sarra?
- Sarra is one of 3 recorded spellings. Sarah is the more common one — 2,710 births in 2025 against 6 for Sarra.
- How popular is the name Sarra in 2025?
- Sarra ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sarra?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Sarra — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sarra with classmates?
- Sarra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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