How Many People Are Named Sahar?
people named Sahar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 140,075 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,482 babies named Sahar in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "dawn" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sahar, 98.8% were girls and 1.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sahar alive today is about 24 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sahar first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1996, to 83 babies. In 2025, 43 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sahar has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,787, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #3,564.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,564 |
| Best rank | #1,787 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,190 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sahar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sahar were born in California than in any other state: about 601 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sahar was given 3.8 times as often in California, 2.5 times in New York and 2.4 times in Virginia.
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