Sahar

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sahar: Recorded since 1971, it reached #378 in 1986, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#378highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#1074
1998	#955
1999	#928
2000	#930
2001	#871
2002	#679
2003	#771
2004	#985
2005	#615
2006	#783
2007	#1020
2008	#710
2009	#726
2010	#1072
2011	#817
2012	#1018
2013	#1537
2014	#1177
2015	#1362
2016	#1241
2017	#1296
2018	#2340
2019	#3541
2020	#1687
2021	#1628
2022	#1849
2023	#1774
2024	#1819

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 32 of the 40 years from 1971 to 2010.

In 2010: #436 among girls in Norway, #1072 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #601 among girls in Norway in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2010
Highest recorded position: #378 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1971–2010).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sahar appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 202 births with the name.

Sahar across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sahar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#601 (1971)	#378 (1986)	#436 (2010)	32 of 40	202 (1971–2010)	12 (1986)
England and Wales · Girls	#1072 (1996)	#615 (2005)	#1819 (2024)	29 of 29	784 (1996–2024)	51 (2005)

Sahar by decade in Norway · 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 Sahar in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	26	5 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	76	10 of 10	8
1990s	45	8 of 10	6
2000s	46	8 of 10	6
2010s	9	1 of 10	9

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sahar appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #378 in Norway in 1986.

Sahar'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1296	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#817	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1072	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#726	50	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#710	50	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1020	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#783	39	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#615	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#771	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#679	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#871	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#928	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#535	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#577	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#572	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#535	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#595	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#570	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#414	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#634	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#543	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#551	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#599	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#544	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#673	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#621	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#503	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#688	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#408	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#378	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#580	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#477	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#554	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#513	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#388	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#649	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#454	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#627	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#627	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #378, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Sahana · #1596, 27y
Sahand · #2418, 15y
Sahara · #753, 29y
Sahas · #1879, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Hatice · #377, 53y
Omid · #383, 47y
Rona · #389, 44y
Georgios · #365, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aoileann · #377, 21y
Mathis · #379, 34y
Omid · #383, 47y
Venessa · #383, 15y

Sahar was ranked #378 in Norway · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sahar 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 Sahar without appearing here.

Sahar moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #4634.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #4535.
Janet Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #3899.

Moved ahead of Sahar

Clodagh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1296 and #1681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1170.
Ezra Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1296 and #1411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1234.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2458.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1296 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Sahar

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sahar

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahar went from #1072 to #1819 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #378 in Norway in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sahar

Sahar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sahar across 2 official records

Sahar by decade in Norway · Girls

Sahar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Sahar

Sahar and the names beside it

Sahar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sahar

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Sahar at a glance

Sahar across 2 official records

Sahar by decade in Norway · Girls

Sahar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Sahar

Sahar and the names beside it

Sahar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sahar

Moved the opposite way to Sahar

Moved the same way as Sahar