Sahasra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-HAS-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Sahasra is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “thousand”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Sahasra mean?
Sanskrit
“thousand”
Sahasrara, the 'thousand-petalled' lotus, is the crown chakra in yoga.
Is Sahasra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahasra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahasra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Sahasra, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sahasra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Sahasra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Sahasra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,607th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Sahasra, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,991st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 136 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Sahasra in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahasra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,579 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,991 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,184 |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,068 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,940 |
| 2011 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2010 | 136 | #1,593 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,810 |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,157 |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,311 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
Names like Sahasra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hafsa, Safiya, Amira, Hiba, Aaliyah, Khadija, Sumayyah, Rahma, Zainab, Safaa
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, “Sahasra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahasra, updated 20 October 2026.