Saahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-HEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Saahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wakeful; vigilant”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Saahir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sahir
“wakeful; vigilant”
Sahir Ludhianvi was a celebrated Urdu poet and Hindi film lyricist.
Meaning borrowed from Sahir.
Is Saahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Saahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saahir in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 6 boys.
Saahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Saahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Saahir, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Saahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were given Saahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,138, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Sahir 43
- Saahir 10
Saahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Saahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Umar, Zayaan, Amir, Musa, Zayan, Zayd, Abdullah, Ahmed, Samir, Rayyan
Other spellings of Saahir
Names related to Saahir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saahir, updated 20 October 2026.