How rare is the name Sahar?

5,431 people in the United States have the first name Sahar, about 1 in 55,613. It ranks #3,725 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SAHAR

#3,725

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,431
About
1 in 55,613
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,431 people named Sahar, 62.1% reported their origin as White, 21.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 8.4% as two or more races. 97.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sahar peaked in 1996, when 83 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
83
In 2025*
43 ▼48%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,482 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sahar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,641. The largest share of babies named Sahar, 35.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#7,441119
1980s#3,717444
1990s#3,641632
2000s#5,289513
2010s#5,824478
2020s#5,691296
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–9635.1%
Generation Z 1997–1232.6%
2013 and later26.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sahar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sahar has been most common in California (5.4×), Virginia (2.5×), and New York (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.62×).

1,110 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Sahar

1 other first name also has 5,431 people.

#3,725 Hanan · 5,431

Either side of Sahar

#3,724 Trever · 5,434#3,725 Hanan · 5,431#3,727 Joanie · 5,429#3,728 Ely · 5,426

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sahar, most common first.

#4,487 Sahara · 4,133#15,613 Sahir · 734#17,795 Saher · 613#29,770 Sahr · 296

Also a last name

As a last name, Sahar ranks #63,720 of 156,621, with 338 people. See Sahar as a last name

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