Girls' name · since 2016
Sahani
40 babies named Sahani in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sahani currently ranks #6525 among girls' names in America, with 40 babies recorded since 2016.
Sahani has 40 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6525 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #37,657 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,525 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sahani ranks #37,657 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,525 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sahani's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sahani compares
40 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Sahani's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sahani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sahani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sahani splits its recorded history at 2022: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sahani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Sahani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 88% of the file).
2020s was Sahani's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Sahani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (88% of all-time use).
Sahani by state
Where Sahani concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Sahanis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sahani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
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, 2016–2025 (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 Sahani 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.