Sahira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-HEE-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Sahira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wakeful, vigilant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Sahira mean?
Arabic: feminine of Sahir
“wakeful, vigilant”
Feminine of Sahir, from an Arabic root meaning 'to stay awake at night'.
Is Sahira a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sahira, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sahira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sahira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Sahira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Sahira, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer girls named Sahira than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Sahira in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
Names like Sahira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Safiya Aaliyah Khadija Sumayyah Halima Amira Abeeha Rahma Zainab
Names related to Sahira
Sara Sarah Siara Saira Sarai Sahar Sahara Sahra Sarahi Shira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Sahira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahira, updated 20 October 2026.