Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sahar

#3,883 most common girls' name of all time · #6,632 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#3,883
Rank overall
#6,632 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
2,482
Since 2016
504
Peak year
1996 #1,787
Best rank
#1,787 1996
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
198020002020

Sahar first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 43 — 43 #3,547
2024 47 6 53 #3,352
2023 46 — 46 #3,445
2022 62 — 62 #2,767
2021 48 — 48 #3,316
2020 44 — 44 #3,477
2019 50 — 50 #3,197
2018 49 — 49 #3,262
2017 52 — 52 #3,114
2016 57 — 57 #2,950
2015 55 — 55 #3,071
2014 46 — 46 #3,450
2013 51 — 51 #3,184
2012 31 — 31 #4,641
2011 45 — 45 #3,519
2010 42 — 42 #3,713
2009 36 6 42 #4,225
2008 44 6 50 #3,677
2007 44 — 44 #3,679
2006 45 — 45 #3,531
2005 35 6 41 #4,073
2004 45 — 45 #3,362
2003 56 — 56 #2,783
2002 60 — 60 #2,597
2001 60 — 60 #2,558
2000 70 — 70 #2,247
1999 61 — 61 #2,415
1998 56 — 56 #2,480
1997 61 — 61 #2,248
1996 83 — 83 #1,787
1995 58 — 58 #2,299
1994 63 — 63 #2,159
1993 73 — 73 #1,935
1992 56 — 56 #2,345
1991 59 — 59 #2,237
1990 62 — 62 #2,122
1989 55 5 60 #2,216
1988 50 — 50 #2,267
1987 51 — 51 #2,149
1986 61 — 61 #1,862
1985 48 — 48 #2,198
1984 46 — 46 #2,181
1983 42 — 42 #2,304
1982 32 — 32 #2,893
1981 28 — 28 #3,142
1980 26 — 26 #3,300
1979 30 — 30 #2,923
1978 22 — 22 #3,495
1977 16 — 16 #4,393
1976 15 — 15 #4,336
1975 12 — 12 #5,121
1974 8 — 8 #6,785
1973 11 — 11 #5,168
1971 5 — 5 #9,530