Saahil — #8558 US boys' name
382 babies named Saahil in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Saahil was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Saahil in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saahil
The Social Security Administration has registered 382 babies named Saahil between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saahil currently holds the #8558 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saahil performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saahil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saahil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saahil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 382 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Saahil at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saahil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2005)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #8558 among boys.
382 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 31 births in a single year.
Saahil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 178 births that decade — 47% of Saahil's all-time total
Saahil decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Saahil's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Saahil by state
Where Saahil concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 11.3% |
43 of 382 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 11.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.