How rare is the name Sahil?

4,098 people in the United States have the first name Sahil, about 1 in 73,702. It ranks #4,516 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAHIL

#4,516

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,098
About
1 in 73,702
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,098 people named Sahil, 90.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.3% as White and 3% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sahil peaked in 2001, when 144 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19822025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
144
In 2025*
62 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,160 babies have been given the name since 1982. 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.

Sahil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,829. The largest share of babies named Sahil, 59.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#10,93387
1990s#3,493674
2000s#2,8291,260
2010s#4,227764
2020s#4,804375
Millennials 1981–9612.7%
Generation Z 1997–1259.8%
2013 and later27.5%

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 Sahil is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sahil has been most common in New Jersey (4.9×), California (3.6×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Florida (0.77×).

1,921 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.

Either side of Sahil

#4,514 Arvin · 4,099#4,514 Shavon · 4,099#4,517 Estefani · 4,094#4,518 Loriann · 4,093

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,465 Saahil · 417#28,430 Sahily · 316#34,047 Sahel · 241

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