Saharah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Saharah

The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Saharah between 1996 and 2022, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saharah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saharah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saharah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saharah 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 156 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.