# Sahib (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sahib/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 859 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 798 / 61 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,018, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 18,260 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,638 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,379 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,989 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,229 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,809 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,328 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12,012 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,240 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,744 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 3,682 |
| 2012 | 32 | 3,436 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,836 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,027 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,910 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,507 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,882 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,043 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,620 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,258 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,564 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,205 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,317 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,445 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,980 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 831 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 49 | 709 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 52 | 663 |
| 2020 | 44 | 739 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 50 | 711 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## 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.