Girls' name · since 1996
Saharah
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 156 babies named Saharah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Saharah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 156 recorded since 1996.
Saharah has 156 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2022.
- #22,380 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saharah ranks #22,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Saharah's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saharah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saharah splits its recorded history at 2008: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saharah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2022
- Peak year (2007)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Saharah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Saharah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Saharah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Saharah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saharah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1996–2022 (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 Saharah 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.