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.
74% of everyone ever named Saheli was born in this single decade.
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 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saheli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2005
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
57 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 10 births in a single year.
Saheli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 42 births that decade — 74% of Saheli's all-time total
Saheli decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saheli's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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.