# Sahar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sahar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “dawn”, “crescent” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,482 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29 / 2,453 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 801, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Of Arabic or Persian origin. In Persian, سحر (sahar, “dawn”). (In Hebrew, סַהַר (sáhar, “crescent”).)

## What it means

Sahar is grouped under dawn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 3,543 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,212 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,477 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,083 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,962 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,132 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,283 |
| 2019 | 50 | 3,215 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,490 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,332 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,782 |
| 2023 | 46 | 3,465 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,381 |
| 2025 | 43 | 3,565 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,991 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,204 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,283 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,200 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,097 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 817 |
| 2012 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,296 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Sahar

- Sahar Nasr, Egyptian politician - Minister of Investment and International Cooperation (as of Dec 2019

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.