Boys' name · since 1996
Sahr
Sahr has 50 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,210 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sahr currently ranks #11210 among boys' names in America, with 50 babies recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Sahr recorded 50 times among boys since 1996, holding rank #11210 nationally today, ahead of 20% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #22,218 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,210 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sahr ranks #22,218 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,210 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 50 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,210 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sahr's 50 recorded births place it above 51.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sahr compares
50 17th 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
Sahr's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sahr | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sahr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sahr's full recorded timeline at 2012, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sahr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Sahr by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Sahr's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Sahr births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Sahr's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1996–2025 (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 Sahr 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.