girls:
48 births since 2004
#5668 (1st percentile)
boys:
722 births since 1985
#3865 (16th percentile)
overall:
770 births since 1985
#6969 (10th percentile)
The name Sahib is the #6,969 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 770 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 9.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,865 (15.7% percentile) for all time with 722 births since 1985. For girls, it ranks #5,668 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 2004.
Sahib first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Sahib is available in 32 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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 Sahib has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 75.8% of babies named Sahib were boys.
For boys, Sahib reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #852) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sahib ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 64.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sahib reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #941) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sahib ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 93.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sahib".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sahib. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.9% confident that Sahib is pronounced as SAH-hihb, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-HEEB, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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