Sahel
#15,979 most common boys' name of all time · #41,500 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 2002–2025
Rank among boys
#15,979
Rank overall
#41,500 of 105,966
First appeared
2002
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
94
Since 2016
64
Peak year
2025 #5,349
Best rank
#5,349 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Sahel first appears in 2002. 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.