girl's name

Saharah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 166

Saharah is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1996.

Saharah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

79
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Saharah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 11
2000s 79
2010s 53
2020s (to 2022) 13

How popular is Saharah?

In 2022, Saharah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Saharah is used

England & Wales #5,736 3 in 2015
United States #15,319 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Saharah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Saharah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Saharah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Saharah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Saharah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Saharah

How popular is the name Saharah?

In 2022, Saharah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Saharah a girl's or a boy's name?

Saharah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Saharah most popular?

Saharah peaked in 2007, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.