Sahal — #13457 US boys' name
84 babies named Sahal in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Sahal was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Sahal in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sahal
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Sahal between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sahal currently holds the #13457 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sahal performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sahal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sahal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sahal 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 84 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.
Sahal at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Sahal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #13457 among boys.
84 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 11 births in a single year.
Sahal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 54 births that decade — 64% of Sahal's all-time total
Sahal decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sahal's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Sahal by state
Where Sahal concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 6.0% |
5 of 84 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 6.0% 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, 2011–2024 (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.