Saharah

Q: What does Saharah mean?

Saharah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “desert”, spelling of Sahara. Named after the great African desert, whose name comes from the Arabic word for desert.

Gender: Girl
Say it: sa-HAH-ra
Origin: Arabic

Saharah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “desert”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Saharah mean?

Arabic: spelling of Sahara

“desert”

Named after the great African desert, whose name comes from the Arabic word for desert.

Meaning borrowed from Sahara.

Is Saharah a girl's or a boy's name?

Saharah is a girls' name.

How popular is Saharah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Saharah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20072022

Saharah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2022	5	#15,300
2021	0	–
2020	8	#11,085
2019	8	#11,350
2018	9	#10,540
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	0	–
2014	5	#16,507
2013	6	#14,577
2012	6	#14,956
2011	12	#9,146
2010	7	#13,442
2009	8	#12,423
2008	5	#17,498
2007	15	#8,094
2006	9	#11,412
2005	8	#11,828
2004	6	#14,172
2003	7	#12,401
2002	6	#13,589
2001	5	#15,345
2000	10	#9,156
1999	0	–
1998	5	#14,116
1997	0	–
1996	6	#11,801