Sahir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-HEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Sahir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wakeful; vigilant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Sahir mean?
Arabic
“wakeful; vigilant”
Sahir Ludhianvi was a celebrated Urdu poet and Hindi film lyricist.
Is Sahir a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sahir, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sahir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sahir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Sahir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Sahir, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Sahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were given Sahir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,138, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.
- Sahir 43
- Saahir 10
Sahir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
Names like Sahir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Amir, Umar, Hamza, Abdullah, Zayd, Ahmed, Zayan, Zayaan, Mustafa, Rayyan
Other spellings of Sahir
Names related to Sahir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Sahir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahir, updated 20 October 2026.