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In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2011 per 100,000 babies of that sex 8,223 babies given this name since 1969 At its height in 2011, about 1 in 3,500 girls 320 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Sarah Girl Hebrew Sarah, 'princess, noblewoman', from sar 'prince'. In Genesis she is first called Sarai, an older form of the… Biblical · peak 1981 Sierra Girl From Spanish sierra 'mountain range', literally 'saw', from Latin serra. Modern · peak 1998 Sergio Boy From the Roman family name Sergius, which is of unknown, probably Etruscan, origin. Rome · peak 1995 Serenity Girl From the English word serenity, from Latin serenus 'clear, calm'. Modern · peak 2013 Serena Girl Latin serena 'clear, calm, serene'. Rome · peak 2000 Cierra Girl A respelling of Sierra, from Spanish sierra 'mountain range'. Modern · peak 1997 Cyrus Boy Greek form of Old Persian Kurush, whose meaning is uncertain. Biblical · peak 1880 Zara Girl Of uncertain origin: used in English from the 18th century (an English version of Voltaire's Zaïre was titled Zara),… Modern · peak 2020 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.