Recorded 2005–2018 Girls' name Peak 2011 57 births

Saheli — girls' name

57 babies named Saheli in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s152010s42
2010s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Saheli was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

10 babies were named Saheli in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Saheli

The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Saheli between 2005 and 2018, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saheli currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saheli performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Saheli shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saheli 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 57 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.

Saheli at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

57

Since 2005

14 years of records

Peak year

2011

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2005

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2018

Saheli popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2005

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2011)
10
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
4681012 20182015201320122011201020092005 6

Saheli by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
42 births that decade — 74% of Saheli's all-time total
2000s152010s42

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Saheli?
57 babies have been named Saheli since 2005. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2011 with 10 births.
When was Saheli most popular?
Saheli was most popular in the 2010s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Saheli been used?
Saheli has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 14 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Saheli?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sahara, Sahana, Sahar, Sahasra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.