Sahar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-HAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Sahar is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dawn, early morning”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Sahar mean?
Arabic: Arabic, also used in Persian
“dawn, early morning”
Arabic and Persian for the time just before dawn; suhur, the pre-dawn meal in Ramadan, comes from the same root.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sahar a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Sahar, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 52 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sahar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Sahar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,389 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 45 | #872 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 51 | #770 |
| 2008 | 51 | #750 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 42 | #798 |
| 2005 | 52 | #661 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 40 | #708 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Sahar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Sahar, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer girls named Sahar than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Sahar in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Sahar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Sahar 43
- Sahaar 5
Sahar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 61 | #2,226 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,778 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 63 | #2,137 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,918 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,127 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,171 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Sahar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Summer Zainab Aaliyah Sumayyah Ayah Safiya Hiba Safaa Hafsa Salma Farah
Names related to Sahar
Saara Sahara Sehar Sahra Sahira Shara Saher Saharah Sarahi Sahari Sarahy
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Sahar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahar, updated 20 October 2026.