Sehar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEH-har
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Sehar is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dawn, early morning”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Sehar mean?
Arabic: Urdu form of Arabic sahar
“dawn, early morning”
Sehri, the meal eaten before dawn in Ramadan, comes from the same word.
Is Sehar a girl's or a boy's name?
Sehar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sehar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Sehar, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sehar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Sehar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Sehar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Sehar, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more girls named Sehar than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Sehar in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sehar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Names like Sehar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Summer Sumayyah Hiba Hafsa Safaa Sahar Safiya Salma
Names related to Sehar
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Sehar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sehar, updated 20 October 2026.