Is Sahar a boy or girl name?

Sahar is a girl’s name. Of the 2,482 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.8% were girls and 1.2% were boys.

Sahar

Recorded 1971–2025 · United States

Sahar was most popular in 1996, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,025 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,482 people named Sahar.

Sahar over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sahar’s peak in 1996. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sahar a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sahar is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 2,482 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sahar

Where Sahar is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org