Boys' name · since 2002
Sahel
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 94 babies named Sahel, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,850 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,346 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sahel is the #5346 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 94 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Sahel recorded 94 times among boys since 2002, holding rank #5346 nationally today, ahead of 62% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #17,850 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,346 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 94 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sahel ranks #17,850 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,346 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 94 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,850 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,346 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sahel's 94 recorded births place it above 60.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sahel compares
94 25th 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
Sahel's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sahel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 94 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sahel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sahel's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sahel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Sahel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Sahel's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Sahel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (52% 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, 2002–2025 (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 Sahel 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.