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Sahil

Gender
Boy
Say it
SAH-hil
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#1,220 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,258 for boys

Sahil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shore, coast”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).

What does Sahil mean?

Arabic: Arabic, via Hindi and Urdu

“shore, coast”

From Arabic sahil, coast; the same word gave names to the Sahel region and to Swahili, the language of the coast.

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

Sahil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sahil in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,220among boys
Babies in 2025
25about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Sahil, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 119 boys.

Half of all the boys named Sahil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 119 in 20052025
Sahil in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202525#1,220
202410#2,328
202331#1,049
202228#1,115
202129#1,085
202032#981
201941#829
201829#1,067
201737#919
201644#806
201546#776
201459#655
201363#617
201271#568
201181#502
201092#452
2009107#406
200888#463
200788#443
2006109#358
2005119#301
200474#415
200379#374
200260#427
200166#402
200050#471
199934#604
199842#518
199726#690
199619#819

How popular is Sahil in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,258among boys
Babies in 2025
62about 1 in 28,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Sahil, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,263rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 144 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.

Half of all the boys named Sahil in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1982Busiest: 144 in 20012025
Sahil in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202562#2,258
202456#2,444
202368#2,128
202270#2,116
202159#2,320
202060#2,263
201958#2,338
201872#2,016
201767#2,065
201669#2,047
201574#1,955
201472#1,978
201382#1,762
201282#1,798
201188#1,687
2010100#1,574
2009112#1,487
2008118#1,425
2007106#1,496
2006126#1,306
2005135#1,181
2004141#1,123
2003124#1,189
2002133#1,097
2001144#1,023
2000121#1,140
1999133#1,037
1998125#1,059
1997103#1,166
199669#1,462
199552#1,701
199443#1,922
199345#1,845
199247#1,773
199133#2,184
199024#2,689
198923#2,684
198811#4,157
198718#2,834
198611#3,878
19857#5,142
19845#6,311
19835#6,234
19827#5,001

Names like Sahil

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Saif Umar Mustafa Musa Zayd Fahad Samir Amir

Names related to Sahil

Sohail Suhail Saahil Shilo Sahel Sohil

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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, “Sahil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahil, updated 20 October 2026.