Saher — girls' name
175 babies named Saher in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Saher was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Saher in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saher
The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Saher between 1989 and 2014, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saher currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saher performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saher in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saher 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 175 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.
Saher at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saher popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1989
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
175 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 15 births in a single year.
Saher popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2001 (Saher as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Saher accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Saher by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 88 births that decade — 50% of Saher's all-time total
Saher decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Saher's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Saher by state
Where Saher concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 175 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2014 (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.