Sahara
#2,560 most common girls' name of all time · #4,363 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1964–2025
Rank among girls
#2,560
Rank overall
#4,363 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
4,734
Since 2016
1,249
Peak year
2006 #1,035
Best rank
#1,035 2006
Girls
Boys
peak 248/yr
Sahara first appears in 1964. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,969 |
| 2024 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,643 |
| 2023 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,688 |
| 2022 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,596 |
| 2021 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,580 |
| 2020 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,497 |
| 2019 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,525 |
| 2018 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,713 |
| 2017 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,690 |
| 2016 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2015 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,735 |
| 2014 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,682 |
| 2012 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,533 |
| 2011 | 180 | — | 180 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 172 | — | 172 | #1,360 |
| 2009 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,402 |
| 2008 | 201 | — | 201 | #1,256 |
| 2007 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,159 |
| 2004 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 83 | 5 | 88 | #2,118 |
| 2002 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,860 |
| 2001 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,894 |
| 2000 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,638 |
| 1999 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,544 |
| 1998 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,700 |
| 1997 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,837 |
| 1996 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,972 |
| 1995 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,793 |
| 1994 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,880 |
| 1993 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,144 |
| 1992 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,509 |
| 1990 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,511 |
| 1989 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,550 |
| 1988 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,525 |
| 1987 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,599 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,106 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,219 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,731 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,667 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,394 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,562 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,562 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,548 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,878 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,848 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,735 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,640 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,446 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,096 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,014 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,899 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,664 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,766 |