girls:
2.7k births since 1991
#3357 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1991
#5213 (33rd percentile)
The name Sahana is the #5,213 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,655 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 32.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,357 (41.3% percentile) for all time with 2,655 births since 1991.
Sahana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for girls in 1991). Birth data for Sahana is available in 32 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Sahana reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 16.5% percentile (ranked #785) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 83 births per million (ranked 16.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sahana ranks #855 for girls (9.7% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 67.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sahana".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sahana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.2% confident that Sahana is pronounced as suh-HAH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-HAH-nuh, at 28.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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