Sahra — #7676 US girls' name
859 babies named Sahra in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Sahra was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Sahra in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sahra
The Social Security Administration has registered 859 babies named Sahra between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sahra currently holds the #7676 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sahra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sahra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 84 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sahra in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sahra 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 859 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.
Sahra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sahra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2007)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #7676 among girls.
859 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 35 births in a single year.
Sahra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 263 births that decade — 31% of Sahra's all-time total
Sahra decade highlights
- Peak decade 263 births
- Runner-up 180 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sahra's strongest decade
263 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Sahra by state
Where Sahra concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 84 | 9.8% |
| #2 | California | | 39 | 4.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Washington | | 5 | 0.6% |
84 of 859 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 9.8% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
- Washington 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 9.8% 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, 1974–2024 (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.