girls:
4.5k births since 1964
#2535 (56th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2003
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
4.5k births since 1964
#4070 (47th percentile)
The name Sahara is the #4,070 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,507 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 47.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,535 (55.6% percentile) for all time with 4,502 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2003.
Sahara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Sahara is available in 55 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (55 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Sahara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sahara reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 25.2% percentile (ranked #723) with 119 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 119 births per million (ranked 25.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sahara ranks #829 for girls (12.5% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 59.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sahara reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #825) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sahara".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sahara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.1% confident that Sahara is pronounced as suh-HAH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-HEH-ruh, at 18.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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