Boys' name · since 2003
Sahan
135 babies named Sahan in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sahan currently ranks #6350 among boys' names in America, with 135 babies recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sahan has been recorded 135 times among boys since 2003, currently ranked #6350 nationally and more common than 54% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #15,480 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,350 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sahan ranks #15,480 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,350 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 135 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sahan's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sahan compares
135 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sahan's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sahan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sahan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sahan's full recorded timeline at 2018, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sahan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Sahan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (57 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Sahan's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Sahan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 57 births (42% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sahan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.