Sahra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Sahra is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Sahra mean?
Arabic: Turkish sahra 'desert', from Arabic; also a Somali form of Zahra
Means 'desert' in Turkish, from Arabic; among Somali families it is a form of Zahra 'radiant, blooming'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sahra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sahra, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 29 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Sahra since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sahra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 500 girls in the UK were given Sahra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #127, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sahra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 26 | #1,027 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Sahra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Sahra, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Sahra in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,606 girls in the US were given Sahra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #226, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Sahra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Sahra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hiba, Zainab, Hafsa, Salma, Summer, Saba, Aaliyah, Rahma, Safaa, Faiza, Huda
Other spellings of Sahra
Names related to Sahra
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, 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, “Sahra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahra, updated 20 October 2026.