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
How old is the name Sahar?
Sahar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 55 years since.
How many people are named Sahar?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,482 American births named Sahar between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,443 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Sahar in 2025?
43 American babies were named Sahar in 2025, ranking #6,196 that year.
Is Sahar getting more or less popular?
Sahar is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 50 births a year, against 46 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +11% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
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.
How old is someone named Sahar?
Roughly 2,443 Americans named Sahar are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 13 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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