Sahara
Sahara is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 126 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1260.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2006248 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1964
- 4,629people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,629 girls have been named Sahara in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 248 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2000s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 2006, its biggest year
Sahara was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Sahara
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zahirapeak 2008
- Kamariapeak 2008
- Akirapeak 2008
- Jaycipeak 2008
- Kaliapeak 2008
- Sicilypeak 2006
- Amerapeak 2008
- Chesneypeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.