How Many People Are Named Sahara?
people named Sahara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 73,030 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,734 babies named Sahara in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
248 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sahara (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sahara alive today is about 18 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sahara first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 2006, to 248 babies. In 2025, 98 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sahara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,035, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #1,978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,978 |
| Best rank | #1,035 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,396 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sahara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sahara were born in California than in any other state: about 663 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sahara was given 2.1 times as often in New York, 2 times in Florida and 1.8 times in Pennsylvania.
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