Sahalie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-HAH-lee
- Origin
- Native American
Sahalie is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “high, above, heavenly”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sahalie mean?
Native American: from Chinook Jargon sahale 'high, above', a Pacific Northwest trade language
“high, above, heavenly”
Sahalie Falls on Oregon's McKenzie River takes its name from the same Chinook Jargon word.
Is Sahalie a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahalie is a girls' name.
How popular is Sahalie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Sahalie in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahalie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Sahalie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Safa, Aaliyah, Sariyah, Salem, Safiya, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Kaliyah, Naziyah, Samiyah, Jaliyah
Names related to Sahalie
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sahalie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahalie, updated 20 October 2026.