Recorded 1977–2019 Girls' name Peak 2010 98 births

Sahirah — girls' name

98 babies named Sahirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s51990s62000s432010s39
2000s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Sahirah was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

12 babies were named Sahirah in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sahirah

The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Sahirah between 1977 and 2019, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sahirah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sahirah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sahirah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sahirah 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 98 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.

Sahirah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

98

Since 1977

43 years of records

Peak year

2010

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1977

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sahirah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1977

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2010)
12
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
468101214 20192017201020082006200019801977 5

Sahirah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
43 births that decade — 44% of Sahirah's all-time total
1970s51980s51990s62000s432010s39

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sahirah?
98 babies have been named Sahirah since 1977. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2010 with 12 births.
When was Sahirah most popular?
Sahirah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Sahirah been used?
Sahirah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 43 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sahirah?
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, 1977–2019 (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.