Sahas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-has
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Sahas is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “strength; courage”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Sahas mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit sahas
“strength; courage”
The Hindi word sahas, 'courage', comes from the same Sanskrit root.
Is Sahas a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Sahas, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sahas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Sahas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
How popular is Sahas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Sahas, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer boys named Sahas than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Sahas in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Sahas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Zayd, Hamza, Umar, Arham, Abdullah, Azaan, Zayyan, Ibrahim
Names related to Sahas
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Sahas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahas, updated 20 October 2026.