Sahana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sahana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sahana: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,596 in 2009, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1596highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#2278
2005	#3382
2006	#2320
2007	#1854
2008	#1718
2009	#1596
2010	#1815
2011	#1729
2012	#1720
2013	#2176
2014	#1882
2015	#2195
2016	#2233
2017	#2706
2018	#2090
2019	#2286
2020	#2163
2021	#1628
2022	#2325
2023	#2346
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1596 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sahana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sahana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	79	9 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	132	10 of 10	13
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sahana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1596 in England and Wales in 2009.

Sahana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,596, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sahaj · #2613, 11y
Sahal · #2357, 22y
Sahand · #2418, 15y
Sahar · #378, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abir · #1596, 29y
Ebrima · #1596, 24y
Kazim · #1596, 26y
Loris · #1596, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abir · #1596, 29y
Ebrima · #1596, 24y
Kazim · #1596, 26y
Oluwademilade · #1596, 27y

Sahana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sahana without appearing here.

Sahana moved ahead of

Tove Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1718 and #5545.
Karin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1854 and #5201.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Sahana

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1240.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2325 and #1452.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Sahana

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahana went from #3795 to #1628 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahana went from #3795 to #1628 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahana went from #3795 to #2090 while Finlay went from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahana went from #3795 to #2090 while Helene went from #1168 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Sahana

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahana went from #2540 to #3695 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1596 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sahana

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Popularity journey

Sahana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sahana at a glance

Sahana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sahana appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sahana and the names beside it

Sahana moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sahana

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